faculty of electrical engineering,
mathematics & computer science
master
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2010/2011
department
electrical
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Master guide 2010/2011 – Electrical Engineering
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science
Applied Mathematics
Computer Science
Electrical Engineering
Embedded Systems
Human Media Interaction
Mechatronics
Systems and Control
Telematics
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WELCOME
Welcome
Designing highly innovative systems for signal processing is your passion, e.g. in biomedical
applications or in telecommunication. Or your interest focuses on microsystems or on
robotics. You want to further expand your knowledge and competencies in the field of
Electrical Engineering. Specialise in a field of your preference, to be prepared for a career
in science or industry. The Master of Science programme in Electrical Engineering gives
you this opportunity. You learn to define your own paths in analysis, research and design.
Cooperate in industrial design teams or scientific research groups. Join one of the research
institutes of the university.
At the University of Twente, you specialise choosing
one of five tracks: Microsystems and Microelectronics,
Measurement and Control Engineering, Embedded System
Design, Biomedical Systems and Telecommunication
Networks. In national and international reviews, the
Electrical Engineering programmes of the University of
Twente rate very high, according to both students and
professionals. We would soon like to work with you.
dr.ir. Wouter Olthuis
Programme Director
Electrical Engineering
Department of Electrical Engineering
The department of Electrical Engineering is part of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering,
Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS) of the University of Twente. This study
guide will provide you with information about the Master of Science programmes of the
department of Electrical Engineering. The following Master of Science programmes can
be found in this guide:
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Master of Science in Electrical Engineering
Master of Science in Mechatronics
3TU Master of Science in Embedded Systems
3TU Master of Science in Systems and Control
In chapter 5 of this study guide you can find information about the chairs and chair holders
of the Electrical Engineering department.
Section A
Electrical Engineering
1.1
Goals and aims of Electrical Engineering
1.2
General outline
1.3
Master’s programme
1.3.1 Biomedical Systems
1.3.2 Electrical System Design 1.3.3 Measurement and Control Engineering
1.3.4 Microsystems and Microelectronics 1.3.5 Telecommunication Networks
1.4
Programme guidelines
1.4.1 Procedures for planning 1.4.2 International Students
1.4.3 Post HBO programme
1.4.4 Individual programme
1.4.5Traineeship
1.4.6 Final Project
1.4.7 Study Abroad
1.4.8 Teaching degree 1.5Organization
1.5.1 Programme Director
1.5.2Mentor
1.5.3 Study adviser
1.5.4 Coordinator International Students
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Mechatronics
2.1Mechatronics
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Embedded Systems
3.1
Goals and Aims of Embedded Systems 3.2
General outline 3.3
Master’s programme
3.3.1Specializations
3.4
Programme guidelines
3.4.1 Core courses (25 EC)
3.4.2 Homologation courses (≤15 EC)
3.4.3 Elective courses (≥15 EC)
3.4.4 Traineeship (20 EC)
3.4.5 Final Project (40 EC)
3.4.6Pre-master
3.4.7 Individual programme
3.5Organization
3.5.1 Programme Director
3.5.2 Programme Mentor
3.5.3 Study Adviser
3.5.4 HBO coordinator
3.5.5 Internationalisation coordinator
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Systems and Control
4.1 Goals and aims of Systems and Control
4.2 General outline
4.3
Master’s programme
4.3.1 Robotics and Mechatronics
4.3.2 Control Theory
4.4
Programme guidelines
4.4.1 Homologation courses
4.4.2 Compulsory courses
4.4.3 Elective courses (recommended)
4.4.4Traineeship
4.4.5 Final Project
4.4.6 Study Abroad
4.4.7 Teaching degree 4.5Organization
4.5.1 Programme director
4.5.2 Programme coordinator
4.5.3 Coordinator international students
4.5.4 Study adviser
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Chairs
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5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 5.10 5.11
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Biomedical and Enviromental Sensorsystems (BIOS)
Biomedical Signals and Systems (BSS)
Computer Architecture for Embedded Systems (CAES)
Control Engineering (CE)
Design and Analysis of Communication Systems (DACS)
Integrated Circuit Design (ICD)
Integrated Optical MicroSystems (IOMS)
NanoElectronics (NE)
The Signals and Systems Group (SAS) Semiconductor Components (SC)
Telecommunication Engineering (TE)
Transducer Science and Technology (TST-SMI)
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Section B
Appendices81
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The Faculty of EEMCS
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1.1 Organisation chart EEMCS
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1.2 Educational programmes
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1.3 Services and units
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1.4Facilities 89
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The organization of education
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2.1 Students’ Charter
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2.2 Student Enrolment/Re-enrolment
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2.2.1 Student Services
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2.3 Communication and Information
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2.4 Student card
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2.5 Year’s schedules
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2.6Lectures
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Taking courses
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2.8 Knowing your way on campus
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2.9 Study material
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2.10 PC-privé scheme for UT students and PC, laptop and printer purchase
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2.11Examinations
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UT regulations
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3.1 Studiefinanciering (Dutch student grant)
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3.2 Transitional arrangements
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3.3Garantiebeurs
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3.4 Regulation graduation support
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5.1 5.2 Top-level sport Regulation encouragement student activism
Studying with a disability
UT facilities
Educational Affairs Office EEMCS
Union Shop
Notebook Service Centre
Library/information specialist EEMCS
Student restaurant
Student activism
Student associations
Student participation and other committees
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Section A
Master’s programmes
1 Electrical Engineering
1.1 Goals and aims of Electrical Engineering
The department of Electrical Engineering aims to train master’s students in a spectrum of
professional and personal competencies to enable them to expand their knowledge and
methodology in design, through analysis and research of innovative systems in a specific
discipline.
The five fields of specialization are Biomedical Systems, Electrical System Design,
Measurement and Control Engineering, Microsystems and Microelectronics, and
Telecommunication Networks.
The field of specialization determines the content of the master’s programme Electrical
Engineering. Graduates maintain a broad Electrical Engineering qualification while being
specialized in one of the specific fields. The fields of specialization are indicated on the
master’s degree.
The level of Master of Science in Electrical Engineering is illustrated in the following
general competencies:
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A Master has the competencies of a bachelor in Electrical Engineering of the
University of Twente. In case students are admitted from other programmes with
essential deficiencies, these should be repaired. These competencies are expanded in
the Master’s programme.
A Master has specialized advanced knowledge in at least one of the areas of Electrical
Engineering: Biomedical Systems, Embedded System Design, Measurement and
Control Engineering, Microsystems and Microelectronics, and Telecommunication
Networks.
A Master has experience in working on industry-related projects and has acquired the
ability to be effective in a multidisciplinary environment.
A Master is able to work at the frontier of research and design, and is innovative,
contributing to breaking the frontiers of current technology or understanding.
He/she defines his/her own design/research goals within the limits of his/her project,
judges which parts of the problem need further analysis, carries out these analyses
on abstract level, proposes experiments and carries them out in a methodologically
correct way.
A Master is able to understand, on a general level, areas adjacent to his/her own area
of specialization and uses this understanding in the context of his/her own work. He/
she is able to appreciate new knowledge of other disciplines (if necessary also of nontechnical areas) and to integrate this in his/her work.
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A Master can carry responsibility as a leading member of a multidisciplinary design
(or research/development) group and develops a broad scope, e.g., with respect to
the economical aspects of his/her work, or the impact of technological innovation on
society. He/she is a serious partner in discussions on aspects regarding the setting and
societal environment of his/her work.
Compared to the bachelor’s level, a Master has more specialized knowledge and abilities,
more industrial experience and has skills to independently solve relatively complex
problems.
1.2 General outline
The master’s programme is a two-year programme. The programme is organized in
semesters. Each semester contains 20 weeks, and is subdivided in quartiles. The unit of
credit is the European Credits (EC). One EC stands for 28 hours of study load. An academic
year is 60 EC. The master’s programme of Electrical Engineering is 120 EC
1.3 Master’s programme
The curriculum of the Master of Science in Electrical Engineering consists of the following
elements:
Year
First
Second
EC
Topic
20
Compulsory specialization courses
10
Philosophical and Societal courses
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Electives
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Traineeship
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Master’s thesis project
Within the Programme of Electrical Engineering there are five specializations. They are connected
to one or more of the research institutes of the University. You will carry out your master’s thesis
research within one of these institutes:
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the MIRA Research Institute for Biomedical Technology and Technical Medicine
the MESA Research Institute for Microsystems and Microelectronics
the CTIT Research Institute for Telecommunication and Information Technology
the IMPACT Research Institute for Energy and Resources
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1.3.1 Biomedical Systems
The master’s specialization in Biomedical Systems focuses on the measurement and
control of human functions, especially in the neuromuscular system and on non-invasive
measurement techniques. Also the student may concentrate on advanced measurement
techniques for micro-sensors, nano-sensors and related micro-systems for biomedical
applications. Research projects can be carried out within the BSS or BIOS-group but also
in one of the other participating groups in the MIRA Institute.
Chairs: Signals and Systems (SAS), Biomedical and Environmental sensor systems (BIOS),
Biomedical Signals and Systems (BSS)
Chair holders: prof.dr.ir. C.H. Slump, prof.dr.ir. A. van den Berg, prof.dr.ir. P.H. Veltink
The compulsory courses for this specialization are:
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191211140
191210720
191211150
Neurophysiology (5 EC)
Electrophysiologic Signals and Bio-electricity (5 EC)
Biomedical Signal Acquisition (5 EC)
Practical Biomedical Signal Analysis (5 EC)
The 4 compulsory courses in the specialization Biomedical Engineering are mainly in the
medical field: 2 courses on Anatomy and Physiology, one course on ‘Lab on a Chip’ and
one course on Practical Biomedical Signal Analysis. The first two are obvious. The third
focuses on state of the art analysis systems based on integrated systems on a chip in
which fluid handling, sampling and measurement are integrated. The fourth course deals
with signal processing techniques to extract the useful information amidst much other
disturbing measurement noise.
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1.3.2 Electrical System Design
The master’s specialization of Electrical System Design focuses on the design methodology
of embedded intelligence in hard- and software that is common in an ever increasing
range of applications. It covers the design of integrated mixed A/D systems and real time
operating systems on a ‘high’ level with a link to component level and the application
context. The Embedded systems area is a key area of development in the Information
Technology world. It also is an interdisciplinary area of Electrical Engineering and Computer
Science. Because both departments are situated in one faculty, close cooperation exists.
Students can develop themselves in either the architecture and software side or the
hardware signal processing side or anything in between.
Research institutes: MESA, IMPACT, CTIT
Chairs: Control Engineering (CE), Signals and Systems (SAS), Integrated Circuit Design
(ICD), Computer Architecture for Embedded Systems (CAES), Distributed and Embedded
Security (DIES)
Chair holders: prof.dr.ir. J. van Amerongen/ prof.dr.ir. S. Stramigioli, prof.dr.ir. C.H. Slump,
prof.dr.ir. B. Nauta, prof.dr.ir. G.J.M. Smit, prof.dr.ir. P.H. Hartel
The compulsory courses for this specialization are:
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191210750
191210760
Digital Control Engineering (5 EC)
System on Chip Design Project (10 EC)
Advanced Programming (5 EC)
The 3 compulsory courses in the specialization Electrical System Design give a common
background of system on chip design, control and advanced programming. Specific
electives can be chosen, like real time operating systems and hardware/software codesign. However, students are free to propose their programme. One of the compulsory
courses is a 7-week project of System on Chips Design. During the course a signal processing
chip is designed (mixed signal), including communication with the outside world and
internal buses. The course on advanced programming develops skills in structured (C++)
programming.
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1.3.3 Measurement and Control Engineering
The master’s specialization in Measurement and Control Engineering focuses on the design
of advanced measurement and control systems. New control concepts are emerging, such
as intelligent, adaptive and fuzzy control for robotics, for example, and new integrated
measurement and data analysis concepts. The programme can be individually tailored
and can have a special focus on modelling simulation and control of dynamic systems,
measurement techniques in environmental and biomedical applications, computer imaging
applications or robotics. Research projects can be carried out within the CE- or SAS-group
but also in one of the other participating groups of the IMPACT Research Institute for
Energy and Resources.
Chairs: Control Engineering (CE)
Chair holder: prof.dr.ir. J. van Amerongen/ prof.dr.ir. S. Stramigioli
For this specialization the compulsory courses are:
191211110 Modelling and Simulation
191210770 Digital Control Engineering
191210800 Information Theory
191210760 Advanced Programming
The 4 compulsory courses give a general background in measurement and control.
Modelling and Simulation introduces bond graph theory for modelling and simulation of
dynamic systems. The Digital Control course builds on prior knowledge of basic control
courses and describes multivariable control systems, optimal control and state estimation
and time-discrete systems. The Information and Communications Theory course covers
information theory, coding and detection. Advanced Programming develops essential
skills in these fields.
The elective courses make it possible to specialize in areas like robotics, design of
micro-measurement systems including sensor technology, signal processing, pattern
classification and –recognition, intelligent control and systems theory.
Research institutes: IMPACT, CTIT
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1.3.4 Microsystems and Microelectronics
The master’s specialization Microsystems and Microelectronics contains the broad field of
micro technology and engineering: micro electronics and integrated circuit design, micro
fabrication technology, micro electro / mechanical / optical / magnetic systems, micro
chemical systems as well as supporting material science fundamentals.
Research institutes: MESA+ and CTIT.
Chairs: Semiconductor Components (SC), Transducers Science and Technology (TST),
Biomedical and Environmental sensor systems (BIOS), Integrated Circuit Design (ICD),
Integrated Optical Microsystems (IOMS), Nano-electronics (NE)
Chair holders: prof.dr. J. Schmitz, prof.dr. M.C. Elwenspoek, prof.dr.ir. A. van den Berg,
prof.dr.ir. B. Nauta, prof.dr. M. Pollnau, prof.dr.ir. W.G. van der Wiel.
For this specialization the compulsory courses are:
191210740 Material Science (5 EC)
191210730 Technology (5 EC)
191210750 System on a Chip Design project (10 EC)
The compulsory courses are meant to give a broad background in system design and
technology. The technology and material science courses give an overview of micro- and
nano fabrication technology, strongly related to integrated circuit technology. The Material
Science course focuses on materials, their crystal structure, electrical, mechanical,
magnetic and optical properties, interfaces and for most on the system applications using
these effects. The System on a Chip Design course is a large system design project, where a
mixed signal chip is designed. The elective courses offer you the possibility to specialize in
design and/or technology in any of the areas microelectronics, magnetic systems, optical
systems or micromechanical systems.
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1.3.5 Telecommunication Networks
The master’s specialization Telecommunication Networks covers the modern field
of Telematics from an electrical engineering perspective: communication systems,
including communication infrastructure, optical and other transmission media, mobile
communications, signal theory, (de)coding, (de)modulation and detection theory,
electromagnetic interference and electromagnetic compatibility. Collaboration exists
with the Computer Science programme. Research projects can be carried out within
the TE, SAS or DACS-group but also in one of the other participating groups in the CTIT
research institute.
Chairs: Design and Analysis of Communication Systems (DACS), Telecommunication
Engineering (TE), Signals and Systems (SAS), Integrated Circuit Design (ICD)
Chair holders: prof.dr.ir. B.R.H.M. Haverkort, prof.dr.ir. F.B.J. Leferink, prof.dr.ir. C.H.
Slump, prof.dr.ir. B. Nauta.
For this specialization the compulsory courses are:
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191210780
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191210760
Information Theory (5 EC)
Modern Communication Systems (5 EC)
Telematics Networks (5 EC)
Advanced Programming (5 EC)
One compulsory course is meant to give a sound fundament in structural programming.
The information theory course deals with information theory, coding and detection
theory. The compulsory course on transmission systems focuses on physical aspects of
transmission and systems concepts. Finally, the compulsory course Telematics Networks
focuses on advanced topics in local and wide-area networking. The elective courses
make it possible for students to specialize in any area ranging from hard core physical
transmission to application and communication protocols.
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1.4 Programme guidelines
Besides the above mentioned compulsory courses within a specialization there are the
below mentioned guidelines:
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Philosophy of Engineering has to be a part of the programme as one of the Philosophical
and Societal courses.
For each specialization a standard set of compulsory courses has been chosen with a
total workload of 20 EC. The final decision about the choice of the compulsory courses
is taken by the master’s thesis supervisor.
Elective courses can be chosen from all available courses in the department or even
university, provided the programme is coherent and relevant in the opinion of the
Graduation Committee. See ‘Overview all EE courses’. All elective courses are 5 EC.
The course programme will have to be approved by the master’s thesis supervisor.
The master’s thesis project is a research oriented individual project where a last proof
of engineering and scientific attitude must be given. It is always carried out in one of
the research groups taking part in the specialization. External periods can be part of
the thesis work. These will be organised through the responsible supervisor.
1.4.1 Procedures for planning
The Electrical Engineering master’s programme offers the student a large freedom to make
choices and to setup an individual programme. Some of these choices will have to be made
right after the start of the programme which may not be easy. Therefore some guidelines
are given below which may give you some support. This plan is for students who obtained
their bachelor’s degree at the University of Twente. Students from elsewhere can use it
with some adaptations.
Step 1: making a start with your master’s programme
During the last phase of your bachelor’s programme, you will choose your master’s
specialization. Every specialization has its own compulsory courses. The first semester of
your programme will contain quite a number of courses. Besides compulsory courses, free
electives can also be added to your programme. You can ask your bachelor’s programme
mentor for advice about you master’s programme.
Step 2: choosing your research group (chair)
It is very important to make a (provisional) choice for the research group where you
would like to carry out your master’s thesis as soon as possible. The choice you will make
defines your programme of free electives. Even the programme of compulsory courses
might undergo some changes. However, you can change courses during the programme,
in which case you will be transferred from one group to another.
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Step 3: creating your course programme
Contact the programme mentor of the specialization of your choice. You will be assigned a
staff member of the research group, who will take over the tasks of the bachelor mentor.
With him/her you can discuss your interests and preferences that finally should lead to a
course programme:
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Your mentor/master’s thesis supervisor will choose the compulsory courses. Often
these will be the compulsory courses mentioned under the specialization. However a
different choice is possible.
You are free to choose your electives yourself, but you are supposed to discuss your
choice with your mentor/supervisor. Finally your programme will have to be approved
by your supervisor.
1.4.2 International Students
International students will follow the master’s programme with some adaptations:
• Maximally 15 EC are reserved for so called homologation courses (bridging courses) to
bridge possible gaps in their prior knowledge. For Dutch students, these courses are
part of the bachelor’s programme.
• International students will not have a traineeship in a company. Instead they will carry
out an Individual Research Project in one of the research groups of the department.
This leads to the following programme for International students:
Year
First
Second
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Topic
(max) 15
Homologation courses
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Compulsory specialization courses
5 or 10
Philosophical and Societal courses
(min) 15
Electives
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Individual Project
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One elective
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Master’s thesis project
The individual project
The individual project is a small project that must be completed before you can start with
the master’s thesis assignment. The goal of the project is to become acquainted with
independent research, finding your own way through the project, and formulating the
details of the research questions.
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Non-technical courses
If you need to do non-technical courses (that must be stated in the programme offer),
contact the study adviser. You may search in Black Board for e.g. “economy”. A frequently
chosen course is Philosophy of Engineering (5 EC), as it is compulsory for Dutch master’s
students. It runs in quartile 2 (2.5 EC) and in quartile 4 (also 2.5 EC).
Programme offer
Before arriving in the Netherlands, an international student will have received a so-called
programme offer that states which homologation courses have to be done, the actual
number of electives to be completed and whether or not an individual project has to be
done. In some cases, one or two non-technical courses are obligatory. If so, they replace
one or two free electives. This programme offer is based on the specific content of the
Bachelor’s programme that was completed and, if applicable, more advanced education
and/or working experience
Procedures for planning and advice
International students can use the plan of paragraph 1.4.1 with some adaptations in step 1.
Step 1
The starting point for an international student will be the programme offer in which the
outline is given of the student’s personal master’s programme. In this programme the
homologation courses are fixed. The compulsory master’s courses can be added. During
the introduction the international student will be handed a provisional planning of the
courses that should enable him/her to make a start. The first quarter of the programme
can then be used to select a research group and to carry out step 2.
Until the research group has been chosen, dr. M. (Maarten) Korsten is available for advice.
Step 2
The individual project can be completed at each of the chairs from the Electrical
Engineering department. In this study guide you can find a short description of each chair.
More information can be found on the chair’s websites. When you’ve made a choice for a
chair of your interest, you can contact the secretary of the chair. She will redirect you to
one of the staff members who can give you information about the possible assignments.
You may think about the possibility to take the individual project and the master’s thesis
assignment in the same area, to deepen your insight. Or you can choose to do them in rather
different areas, to broaden your scope. They cannot be combined into one assignment.
The contact-person for students from abroad, who are interested in a MSc in the
department of EE is dr. M. (Maarten) Korsten; room Zilverling 1022, phone: 053 489 2763;
e-mail m.j.korsten@utwente.nl
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1.4.3 Post HBO programme
With a HBO degree it is possible to do a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering.
A pre-master course of six months is compulsory. The post HBO programme is described
extensively in a separate booklet, which is handed to the students when starting the
programme.
The pre-master’s coordinator is dr. M. (Maarten) Korsten; room Zilverling 1022,
phone 053 489 2763; e-mail m.j.korsten@utwente.nl
1.4.4 Individual programme
It is possible to compose an individual programme. The Board of Examiners of Electrical
Engineering has to approve the programme.
Regulations:
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the total amount of EC’s should be the same as the standard programme;
it should contain clear goals and aims;
the goals and aims should be an equivalent of the standard programme;
a final thesis is compulsory;
eight or more electives should be from two different disciplines;
20% of the subject of the compulsory subjects of EE should be part of the individual
programme;
a study-plan should be made;
staff members (from UT and/or other universities) should be mentioned
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1.4.5Traineeship
During the traineeship (external training) you apply your knowledge that you acquired in
your master’s programme, working at a company or institution. The purpose is to work
under circumstances resembling the situation after your graduation as much as possible
Included in this working experience is also the process of finding a position and a short
application procedure. The traineeship has a study load of 20 EC and will last at least 14
weeks.
Organization
The following persons and organizations play a role during your external stage:
• The host organization, which is the company or institution where you will carry out
the traineeship. The host organization assigns a staff member who will supervise your
work.
• The Educational Supervisor is a lecturer of your master’s programme. He/she will
monitor the scientific level of your traineeship. The Educational Supervisor should
give approval to the traineeship before you make your final appointments with the
host organization. After the traineeship, he/she will carry out the final assessment
and decide about the mark.
• The traineeship office, which consists of the traineeship coordinator and the mediator.
They will supervise the student from the beginning of the searching process finding a
position until the end of the traineeship, when the last documents should be archived.
Options for a traineeship
Most students usually find a traineeship position at a company, but also an institution or
university is possible. A traineeship can be done everywhere in the world; in Enschede but
also in New Zealand or somewhere in between. “The sky is the limit”, unless you manage
to find a position with NASA or ESA as an astronaut. The only place on earth definitely
out of scope is the UT itself. In all cases, the host institute should provide an assignment
that must be approved by the educational supervisor. Approval will only be given if the
assignment has sufficient academic level.
How to find a position
One might distinguish three ways to find a host institute:
1. The database of the traineeship office: the office maintains databases containing
companies and experience reports. These reports are written by students and
describe their experiences during the traineeship.
2. A lecturer in a chair (research group): during research, lecturers often cooperate with
companies and institutions that might also be willing to provide a traineeship position.
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3. On your own: it is possible and allowed to find a traineeship position on your own.
Many companies offer traineeship positions on their websites. Finding a position in
this way may not be easy but it may lead to a surprising and rewarding traineeship.
In all cases the traineeship must be approved by a lecturer before you make your final
appointments with the host institute. This is described above.
Information sessions
Twice a year information sessions are held about the traineeship, in September and April.
You can find them in the rosters of the master’s programmes.
First contact
Make an appointment with the traineeship mediator (stages@ewi.utwente.nl) if you start
to think about a traineeship. During this talk, the course of things will be discussed and a
planning will be made for the preparation, the traineeship and the completion after return.
See your mediator at least six months before you plan go. After this talk, the Blackboard
site with training positions will be opened for you.
Web references
Static information: http://www.ewi.utwente.nl/en/education/external_training/
Blackboard site with training position database: http://blackboard.utwente.nl.
Dr. M (Maarten) Korsten (coordinator) Zilverling 1022 and mrs. B. (Belinda) Jaarsma
(mediator): Zilverling 1030
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1.4.6 Final Project
The final project or master’s thesis assignment is the final proof of the ability of the student
to handle more complex problems rather independently within the area of electrical
engineering, and to work as a “scientific engineer” on advanced level. The scheme to
arrive to a specific assignment, as explained for the individual project, also applies for the
master’s thesis assignment.
The assignment is supervised by a committee of at least 3 persons and maximally 5
persons; at least one of them is full professor, also at least one must be member of the
permanent scientific staff. It is advised to compose the committee rather broadly, e.g.
with persons from other chairs, working on related areas.
1.4.7 Study Abroad
A student is allowed to study 30 credits externally. To gain international experience a
student is given the chance to study abroad to another university or institute to follow
courses or doing projects. The choice of courses or projects has to be approved by the
programme mentor in the same way as the other part of the programme is approved.
Carrying out a traineeship abroad is one way of gaining international experience. In some
cases it is possible to carry out the final project abroad under joint supervision, where the
lead in supervision will always be taken by the own chair. Our faculty has agreements with
partner universities and institutes to accommodate students smoothly. Information about
going abroad to partner or non-partner universities/institutes, the procedures and the
possibilities of financial support can be given by dr. M. (Maarten) Korsten; room Zilverling
1022, phone 053 489 2763; e-mail m.j.korsten@utwente.nl .
1.4.8 Teaching degree
The institute Elan offers MSc graduates the possibility to specialize as a teacher. For MSc
EE this is only possible for the specialization of Teacher in Mathematics and Physics after
additional courses. For more information visit the educational programme’s website:
http://onderwijs.math.utwente.nl/Onderwijs/Lerarenopleiding.
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1.5Organization
1.5.1 Programme Director
The programme director for Electrical Engineering is
dr. ir. W. (Wouter) Olthuis. You can find him in building
Carré, room 2409; Phone: 053 489 2688; E-mail:
w.olthuis@utwente.nl.
1.5.2Mentor
Every chair has a mentor. He or she can support you with personal or non personal issues
Chair
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Mentor
Biomedical and Environmental Sensorsystems
BIOS
Wouter Olthuis
Biomedical Signals and Systems
BSS
Ciska Heida
Computer Architecture for Embedded Systems
CAES
Hans Kerkhoff
Control Engineering
CE
Job van Amerongen
Design and Analysis of Communication Systems
DACS
Pieter Tjerk de Boer
Integrated Circuit Design
ICD
Ronan van der Zee
Integrated Optical MicroSystems
IOMS
Hugo Hoekstra
Nano Electronics
NE
Wilfred van der Wiel
Signals and Systems
SAS
Kees Slump
Semiconductor Components
SC
Cora Salm
Telecommunication Engineering
TE
Chris Roeloffzen
Transducers Science and Technology
TST
Niels Tas
Part Systems and Materials for Information Storage
TST-SMI
Leon Abelmann
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
1.5.3 Study adviser
The study adviser for Electrical Engineering is T.H. (Thea) de
Kluijver, M.A.. If you have any questions about regulations within
the faculty or university; if you want to talk about study related
issues or private matters that are of influence of your study and/or
being you can contact her: room Zilverling 1003; phone:
053 489 3697; E-mail: t.h.dekluijver@utwente.nl
1.5.4 Coordinator International Students
The coordinator for the Electrical Engineering master’s programme
for international students is dr. M. (Maarten) Korsten. He can be
contacted for any questions about the programme; room: building
Zilverling 1022; telephone +31 53 489 2763,
e-mail m.j.korsten@utwente.nl
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2 Mechatronics
2.1Mechatronics
Mechatronics involves a synergistic combination of mechanical engineering, electronics
and measurement and control in the design of products and processes. It focuses
on Mechatronic Design that can be defined as: the integrated and optimal design of a
mechanical system and its embedded control system.
By means of an integrated design of the mechanical parts and the measurement and
control system, realised in electronic circuits or as an embedded computer programme,
mechanical constructions can get a superior performance, lower price and can become
more flexible. Well known examples are the audio CD-player and its successors the CDROM and DVD as well as many automotive applications, robots, advanced production
machines and so on.
To present a coherent package of courses and lab works, this wide application area
inevitably means that the programme will consist of specializations in one application
area; the possibility to tailor the programme to individual needs is kept open.
Research projects can be carried out within the Control Engineering group, the
Mathematical Systems and Control Theory group or in the Mechanical Automation and
Mechatronics group of the Faculty of EEMCS.
After the academic year 2010-2011 the Mechatronics programme will be continued as
a specialization of the master’s programme Systems and Control. Students starting in
September 2010 will be offered the choice to finish the Mechatronics master’s programme
or to switch to the Mechatronics specialization within the Systems and Control maste’sr
programme.
For information about the programme you can contact dr. M.J. (Maarten) Korsten, building
Zilverling room 1022; telephone +31 53 489 2763, e-mail m.j.korsten@utwente.nl
The programme director for Mechatronics is dr.ir. W. (Wouter) Olthuis. You can find him in
building Carré, room 2409; Phone: 053 489 2688; E-mail: w.olthuis@utwente.nl.
Programme coordinators of the Master of Science in Mechatronics are:
prof.dr.ir. J. (Job) van Amerongen
prof.dr.ir. B. (Ben) Jonker
prof.dr.ir P.P.L. (Paul) Regtien
prof.dr.ir. A. (Arjan) van der Schaft
For more information about the Master of Science in Mechatronicss, please check the
website: http://onderwijs.el.utwente.nl/Onderwijs/InternationalMastersEE/Mechatronics
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MECHATRONICS
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3 Embedded Systems
Embedded systems are hardware/software systems built into devices that are not
necessarily “recognized” as computerized devices, but these systems do control the
functionality and perceived quality of these devices. Some specific examples of embedded
systems include: controllers for the ABS of a car or the operation of its engine; the
automatic pilot of an aircraft; the chip set and software within a set-top box for a digital
TV; a pacemaker; chips within telecom switching equipment; ambient devices, and control
systems embedded in process plants (including its sensors, actuators, control algorithms,
filters, etc).
The importance of embedded systems is growing continuously. Exponentially increasing
computing power (Moore’s law), ubiquitous connectivity and convergence of technology
have resulted in hardware/software systems being embedded within everyday products
and places. Already today 90% of computing devices are in Embedded Systems and not
in PCs. The growth rate in embedded systems is more than 10% per annum and it is
forecasted there will be over 40 billion devices (5 to 10 embedded devices per person on
earth) worldwide by 2020. Today 20% of the value of each car is attributed to embedded
electronics and this will increase to an average of 35-50% by 2020. Moreover, the value
added to the final product by embedded software is often orders of magnitude higher
than the cost of the embedded devices themselves.
3.1 Goals and Aims of Embedded Systems
The design of embedded systems requires an interdisciplinary approach of both Computer
Science as well as Electrical Engineering. The master’s programme Embedded Systems
combines expertises from both fields and is also open to students from both bachelor
orientations. Four key attributes that we believe are characteristic for the 3TU Master
Embedded Systems are: resource boundedness, dependability, systems design approach,
and multi-disciplinary.
The most distinguishing characteristic of an embedded system, as opposed to a ”normal”
ICT system, is that it is embedded in a physical environment that poses constraints on
the operation of the system. Characteristic for Embedded Systems is their resource
boundedness, where resources can be: cost of devices, chip area, size, response time,
energy costs, but also development costs. In embedded systems the designers have to
face these resource constraints. Therefore, next to functional specifications they have to
deal with non-functional (or extra-functional) properties determined by the application
domain.
A second aspect is that embedded systems are often functioning independently
and should in their functioning be dependable. Our society has become increasingly
dependent on complex, distributed embedded systems. Systems must continually provide
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services in the face of harsh environmental conditions, partial system failures or loss of
resources, and human errors. People will no longer tolerate products that do not meet
a certain level of dependability. Many Embedded Systems have tight cost constraints
that make traditional dependability techniques infeasible. Adding additional hardware
for fault tolerance mechanisms such as dual or triple modular redundancy often cannot
be justified. Moreover, embedded systems are often software intensive. Millions of lines
of code in an embedded system are not an exception. The use of embedded systems
sometimes requires a software quality that is far better than that of common software
(e.g. pacemakers, brake-control components, etc.).
A third aspect is that for the design of embedded systems a systems design approach
is required that mixes functional and non-functional requirements right from the start.
Embedded Systems can no longer be designed as two separate threads of hardware
and software that are merged at a later stage. Central to this approach is the need to
understand the interaction of the embedded system with its physical and network
environments. This point of view requires engineering teams that possess skills in a
wide range of disciplines such as: computer science, electrical engineering, real-time
computing, computer architecture, control and signal processing, computer networking,
mathematics, etc. Creating these cross-disciplinary skills requires fundamental changes in
engineering education. The scientific challenge to the embedded systems engineers is to
learn how to successfully integrate these different domains. Systems design is therefore a
key characteristic of our embedded systems curriculum.
3.2 General outline
The master’s programme is a two-year programme. The programme is organized in
semesters. Each semester contains 20 weeks, and is subdivided in quartiles.
The unit of credit is the European Credits (EC). One EC stands for 28 hours of study load.
An academic year is 60 EC. The master’s programme is 120 EC
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3.3 Master’s programme
The field of Embedded Systems is by definition multi-disciplinary; it consists of cooperation
between technical disciplines such as Computer Science, Electrical Engineering,
Mechanical Engineering and, possibly non-technical, application domains. Also the
different application domains that can be found in infotainment, transport and logistics,
health and wellness, security and safety, industrial control systems etc. require a basic
understanding of these different domains. Therefore, the Embedded Systems master’s
programme should stimulate a multidisciplinary attitude.
Hence, the study programme contains the following components:
•
•
•
•
•
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core courses to introduce the student to the design of embedded systems and its most
important aspects such as requirement engineering, modelling, architectures, testing
and verification. In these courses special attention is paid to the above mentioned
aspects of systems design approach, dependability, resource boundedness;
homologation courses to complement the EE bachelor orientation with CS competences
and the CS bachelor orientation with EE competences to create a multi-disciplinary
basis for the core programme;
Elective (sometimes called specialization) course to address certain aspects or
applications in more detail;
Traineeship;
Final Project.
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3.3.1Specializations
The 3TU Master’s programme Embedded Systems at the three sites is strongly embedded
within research groups covering the following topics:
TUD
TU/e
UT
Parallel and distributed
systems (prof. Sips)
Formal methods
(prof. Baeten)
Pervasive systems
(prof. Havinga)
Software engineering
(prof. van Deursen)
System analysis and design
(prof. Groote)
Energy efficient systems
(prof. Smit)
Embedded software
(prof. Langendoen)
Embedded system design
(prof. Corporaal)
Embedded control systems
(prof. Stramigioli)
Network architectures and
services
(prof. Van Mieghem)
System architecture and
networking
(prof. Lukkien)
Dependable (networking)
systems (prof. Haverkort)
Wireless and mobile
communications
(prof. Niemegeers)
Electronic Systems
(prof. Otten)
Formal methods and tools
(prof. van de Pol)
Computer engineering
(vacancy)
The core courses (25 EC) is a common core for the three sites. Students can add elective
courses from the other site and even perform the final project at one of the other sites.
Contact the study adviser (sometimes referred to as master’s coordinator) from the site
where you want to perform the final project as soon as possible to compose a wellbalanced individual student programme.
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3.4 Programme guidelines
This paragraph describes the composition of the master’s programme in Enschede. The
programmes in Delft and Eindhoven have a similar structure. A student registered in
Enschede should also receive accounts for Delft and Eindhoven.
3.4.1 Core courses (25 EC)
The courses in the core are considered to represent necessary knowledge and competences
for all graduates in Embedded Systems. The core programme is the same at the three
sites. The core programme consists of the following courses:
TUD Code
TU/e Code
UT Code
Subject
Credits
IN4340
TBA
192130240
Embedded Computer
Architecture
5
IN4341
4C390
192130500
Performance Analysis
5
IN4342
5KK03
201000168
Embedded Systems
Laboratory
5
IN4343
2IN16
192130200
Real-time Systems
5
IN4387
2IW26
192140122
System Validation
5
Notes:
1. Course Performance Analysis was previously named Quantitative Evaluation of
Embedded Systems.
2. Course Embedded Systems Laboratory replaces the course Multi-Disciplinary Design
Project (10 EC).
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3.4.2 Homologation courses (≤15 EC)
Students who have completed a bachelor’s degree programme in Computer Science from
the TUD, TU/e or UT are required to include some subjects in the homologation part of
the master’s programme.
Code
Subject
Credits
191560810 (or
191561800)
Signals and Transformation (Signal and Systems)
5
191210001
Instrumentation of Embedded Systems
5
and one of the courses
191210441
Control Theory
5
191210341
Physical modelling of Embedded Systems
5
191210590
Embedded Signal Processing
Note: 6
Students who have completed a bachelor’s degree programme in Electrical Engineering
from the TUD, TU/e or UT are required to include some subjects in the homologation part
of the master’s programme.
Code
Subject
Credits
192110452
Operating systems
5
192135050
Programming
5
and one of the courses
192135201
Formal methods for software engineering
5
192135100
Software Engineering Models
5
192112051
Functional Programming
5
191211090
Real time software Development
5
Students who have completed a polytechnic programme (HBO) of Computer Science
or Electrical Engineering taking the pre-master’s programme for polytechnic graduates
are required to include some subjects as homologation subjects in the master’s degree
programme. For students that completed successfully the pre-master (hbo-bachelors) an
individual homologation programme is made upon instruction of the programme mentor.
If a homologation course is included in the bachelor’s programme it is replaced with an
elective course.
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3.4.3 Elective courses (≥15 EC)
A list of elective courses is on the website of the master’s programme, see:
http://onderwijs.cs.utwente.nl/Studenten/Masters/EmbeddedSystems/index_html.
The student may also select elective courses from the embedded systems programme
from the TUD and TU/e.
Furthermore the 3TU is offering six courses by telefacility:
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Site
Code
Subject
Credits
UT
192130250
Embedded Computer Architectures 2
5
UT
191211090
Real-Time Software Development
5
TUD
ET4170
Computer Arithmetic
5
TUD
SC4081
Knowledge Based Control Systems
Note: 4
TU/e
2IW15
Automated Reasoning
5
TU/e
5KK80
Multiprocessors
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3.4.4 Traineeship (20 EC)
If a traineeship was part of the bachelor’s programme than a traineeship is not included
in the individual student programme. Therefore students with a polytechnic bachelor do
not have a traineeship. In stead they have elective courses. For the other students the
traineeship is strongly recommended.
During the traineeship (external training) you apply your knowledge that you acquired in
your master’s programme, working at a company or institution. The purpose is to work
under circumstances, resembling the situation after your graduation as much as possible.
Included in this working experience is also the process of finding a position and a short
application proce­dure. The traineeship has a study load of 20 EC and will last at least 14
weeks.
Organization
The following persons and organizations play a role during your external stage:
• The host organization, which is the company or institution where you will carry out
the traineeship. The host organization assigns a staff member who will supervise your
work;
• The Educational Supervisor is a lecturer of your master’s programme. He/she will
monitor the scientific level of your traineeship. The Educational Supervisor should
give approval to the traineeship before you make your final appointments with the
host organization. After the traineeship, he/she will carry out the final assessment
and decide about the mark;
• The traineeship office. The office consists of the traineeship coordinator and the
mediator. They will supervise the student from the beginning of the searching process
finding a position until the end of the traineeship, when the last documents should
be archived.
Options for a traineeship
Many students will find a traineeship position at a company, but also an institution or
uni­versity is possible. Traineeship can be done everywhere in the world; in Enschede but
also in New Zealand or somewhere in between. “The sky is the limit”, unless you manage
to find a position with NASA or ESA as an astronaut. The only place on earth definitely
out of scope is the UT itself. In all cases, the host institute should provide an assignment
that must be approved by the educational supervisor. Approval will only be given if the
assignment has suf­f icient academic level.
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How to find a position
One might distinguish three ways to find a host institute:
The database of the traineeship office: the office maintains databases containing
companies and experience reports. These reports are written by students and describe
their experiences during the traineeship; A lecturer in a chair (research group): during
research, lecturers often cooperate with companies and institutions that might also be
willing to provide a traineeship position; On your own: it is possible and allowed to find
a traineeship position on your own. Many companies offer traineeship positions on their
websites. Finding a position in this way may not be easy but it may lead to a surprising and
rewarding traineeship. In all cases the traineeship must be approved by a lecturer before
you make your final appoint­ments with the host institute. This is described above.
Information sessions
Twice a year information sessions are held about the traineeship, in September and April.
You can find them in the rosters of the master’s programmes.
Starting talk
Make an appointment with the traineeship mediator (stages@ewi.utwente.nl) if you start
to think about a traineeship. During this talk, the course of things will be discussed and a
planning will be made for the preparation, the traineeship and the completion after return.
See your mediator at least six months before you plan go. After this talk, the Blackboard
site with training positions will be opened for you.
Web references
Static information: http://www.ewi.utwente.nl/en/education/external_training/
Blackboard site with training position database: http://blackboard.utwente.nl.
Dr. M. (Maarten Korsten) (coordinator) Zilverling 1022 and mrs. B. ( Belinda) Jaarsma
(mediator): Zilverling 1030
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3.4.5 Final Project (40 EC)
The final project or graduation work consists of an individual project (191211749) of 10
credits and a final project (192199978) of 30 credits.
Final project
The final– or graduation project is performed under the supervision of one of the chairs
CAES, CE, DACS, FMT, ICD, PS or SAS (or an embedded systems chair from the TUD or
TU/e). The final project often contributes to ongoing research. The website of the chairs
can be used to orientate on the research themes.
Some procedural aspects:
• Contact the chair of your choice approximately three month before your desired start
date of the graduation project;
• The student may only start the graduation project if at least 70 EC of the master’s
courses have been obtained;
• At least two EWI staff members should be in the graduation committee;
• A month after the start of the final project a final project description, signed by the
first supervisor, should be handed over to Educational Office;
• A month before the end of the final project presentation the first supervisor should
report this to the Educational Office (the so called “green light”). The educational
Office will also inform the Board of Examiners.
3.4.6Pre-master
The pre-master’s programme for students with a polytechnic bachelor (Computer
Science, Electrical Engineering, or similar) is:
Quartile
Code
Subject
Credits
1
191512000
Calculus A
5
1
191512060
Lineaire Algebra A
3
1
191512020
Calculus B
3
2
191512040
Calculus C
5
2
191231401
Inleiding Systeem- en Signaaltheorie
6
2
191512080
Lineaire Algebra B
2
2
191210001
Instrumentatie van Embedded Systems
5
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3.4.7 Individual programme
The individual student programme (ISP) needs to be approved, on behalf of the board
of examiners, by the study adviser. Contact the study adviser in de first quarter of the
master. An ISP should have at least 120 EC and it should be a coherent programme.
3.5Organization
3.5.1 Programme Director
The programme director of ES is prof.dr.ir. G.J.M. (Gerard) Smit. You can find him in
building Zilverling, room 4057; Phone: 053 489 3734; E-mail: g.j.m.smit@utwente.nl.
3.5.2 Programme Mentor
The programme mentor of ES is ir. E. (Bert) Molenkamp. You can find him in building
Zilverling, room 4052; Phone: 053 489 3704; E-mail:e.molenkamp@utwente.nl.
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3.5.3 Study Adviser
The study adviser for ES students is T.H. (Thea) de Kluijver,
MA. If you have any questions about the regulations within the
programme, or if you want to talk about study related issues, you
can contact her. Building Zilverling, room 1003;
Phone: 053 489 3697; E-mail: t.h.dekluijver@utwente.nl
3.5.4 HBO coordinator
The HBO coordinator of ES is dr. M.J. (Maarten) Korsten. He
can be contacted for any questions about the programme;
room: building Zilverling 1022; Phone +31 53 489 2763, e-mail
m.j.korsten@utwente.nl
3.5.5 Internationalisation coordinator
The internationalisation coordinator of ES is drs. J (Jan) Schut.
You can find him in building Zilverling, room A108;
Phone +31 53 489 4350; E-mail: j.schut@utwente.nl.
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4 Systems and Control
The two-year Master of Science programme Systems and Control (SC) is aimed at students
with a technical Bachelor of Science background interested in analysis and control of
dynamic systems in their widest sense.
4.1 Goals and aims of Systems and Control
The Master of Science in Systems and Control theory is driven by practical problems and
concrete applications. The major aim is to develop methods and tools that are applicable
not only to the specific application but to a wide range of similar problems. At the same
time there is a strong interest in applying general theoretic results to specific technological
problems.
Control problems have been around for a long time. With the rise of automated
manufacturing in the nineteenth century, control mechanisms gained in importance.
Watt’s fly-ball governor, a device that controls the steam pressure, meant a breakthrough
and directly contributed to the industrial revolution. Up to this day the manufacturing
of servo mechanisms plays an important part in mechanical engineering (e.g. in robot
technology.) Within the electrical engineering community the need for a theoretical
underpinning of the behavior of interconnected components arose through questions
like: how may we mathematically model a (complicated) electrical circuit, and conversely,
given a mathematical model, how may we implement it as an electrical device. Once
mathematically formulated, it was found that the above problems of mechanical en
electrical engineering had much in common and that in fact they belong to a single area,
an area that nowadays is called ‘systems and control’. The mathematics of systems and
control involve analytical as well as algebraic notions, possibly because “change over time”
and “relation between quantities” both are central in systems and control problems.
In the past thirty years systems and control has experienced a strong development.
Applications no longer are restricted to electrical, mechanical and chemical engineering.
In econometrics and time series analysis methods of system theory are used, controllers
are designed to influence fermentation processes, and filters to estimate car densities on
high ways are being developed. Furthermore, due to the impact of computer science, new
control problems have emerged on the interface between control and informatics. The
mathematical disciplines explored by system theoreticians have diversified. They range
from Hilbert spaces to Bezout domains, from analytical functions to probability measures
and from Lie groups to Petri nets.
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Research themes:
• Robust Control. The design of controllers for uncertain systems.
• Adaptive Control. The design of controllers with the ability to adapt to gradual or
sudden changes in the system to be controlled.
• Hybrid Systems. Systems with both time driven and event driven dynamics.
• Optimal Control. The design of controllers that minimize a performance index.
• Signal Processing.
• Saturated control. The design of controllers under input constraints.
• Infinite dimensional systems and control. Modeling and control of systems described
by partial differential equations and systems with delays.
• Modeling. The study of methods and frameworks, a modeling paradigm, for dynamical
systems in the widest sense
4.2 General outline
The two-year MSc programme in Systems and Control is aimed at students with a technical
BSc background interested in analysis and control of dynamic systems in their widest
sense. The programme addresses both fundamental and application-specific features,
emphasizing the multidisciplinary character of the field. It gives attention to applications
in mechanical engi­neering, electrical engineering, applied physics, chemical and aerospace
engineering.
Students with a bachelor in Technical Mathematics are automatically admitted.
The programme is flexible through the large number of elective courses and through
the research oriented courses. Participating chairs: MSCT, SST (both within Applied
Mathematics), CE (Electrical Engi­neering) and Mechanical Automation and Mechatronics
(Mechanical Engineering). Depending on the chair, focus is on both fundamentals and
applications in:
•
•
•
•
•
biomedical engineering;
robotics;
precision equipment;
MEMS (mechanical electronic micro systems);
hybrid systems.
Expertise centers around general mathematical systems theory, robust control, infinite
dimen­sional systems, hybrid systems, learning and adaptive control systems and modelling
of physi­c al systems with applications in such domains as mechatronics, robotics, machine
dynamics, signal processing, embedded control systems and computer science. It is also
possible to follow lectures in Eindhoven and Delft. For further information, please contact
J.W. Polderman (programme director), see paragraph 4.5.1 of this chapter.
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4.3 Master’s programme
The master’s programme is a two-year programme. The programme is organized in
semesters. Each semester contains 20 weeks, and is subdivided in quartiles.
The unit of credit is the European Credits (EU). One EC stands for 28 hours of study-load.
An academic year is 60 EC. The master’s programme is 120 EC.
Year 1
Year 2
EC
activity
3
Introduction Project
20
Compulsory Courses: Modelling, Control and Identification; and
Integration Project
27
Elective Courses
10
Research Oriented Courses specific to profile
20
Practical training (traineeship)
40
Graduation Project
The programme has two specializations:
4.3.1 Robotics and Mechatronics
This specialization is the continuation of the successful MSc programme “Mechatronics”.
The research is more and more in the field of advanced robotics, including robotics in
medical applications.
4.3.2 Control Theory
Systems theory is concerned with problems related to dynamic phenomena in interaction
with their environment. These problems include:
• Modeling. Obtaining a mathematical model that reflects the main features. A
mathematical model may be represented by difference or differential equations, but
also by inequalities, algebraic equations, and logical constraints.
• Analysis and simulation of the mathematical model.
• Prediction and estimation.
• Control. By choosing inputs or, more general, by imposing additional constraints on
some of the variables, the system may be influenced so as to obtain certain desired
behavior. Feedback is an important example of control.
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4.4 Programme guidelines
The programme consists of homologation courses, compulsory courses and elective
courses.
4.4.1 Homologation courses
These are courses to provide students with different backgrounds with the knowledge
needed to fully appreciate the interdisciplinary programme of Systems and Control. The
homologation programme is an individual programme, to be decided by the programme
coordinator, together with the student. Typical examples of homologation courses for
students in the mechatronics and robotics specialization are:
course code
title
EC’s
191560810
Signals and Transformations
5
191210001
Instrumentation of embedded systems
5
191210430
Dynamic Systems
3
For students with a mechanical engineering background, these courses are:
course code
title
EC’s
191157001
Statics
2
113136
Design Methods
5
19115714
Dynamics 2
3.5
19115711
Introduction to the Finite Element Methods
5
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4.4.2 Compulsory courses
The Systems and Control master’s programme has the following compulsory courses:
course code
Course name
EC
200900013
Introduction project
3
191211110
191211100
Modelling: Modelling and Simulation or
Mechatronic Design of Motion Systems
5
191571090
Time series analysis
5
191210770
Control: digital control engineering (optimal control I)
5
200900012
Integration project
5
4.4.3 Elective courses (recommended)
The Systems and Control master’s programme recommends the following elective courses:
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Course name
EC
191560671
Robust Control
5
191561620
Optimal Control
5
191211060
Modern Robotics
5
191211110
Modelling and simulation
5
191131700
System identification and parameter estimation
5
191210760
Advanced Programming
5
191211080
Systems Engineering
5
191211090
Real-Time Software Development
5
191211100
Mechatronic Design of Motion Systems
5
191561750
Infinite Dimensional Linear Systems
6
191561680
Nonlinear control
5
191571200
Hybrid Dynamical Systems
5
192140122
System Validation
5
191211070
Intelligent Control
5
191571501
Stochastic Differential Equations
6
191571160
Stochastic Filtering and Control
5
SYSTEMS AND CONTROL
191131720
Advanced motion and vibration control
5
191131730
Dynamics of machines
5
191131360
Design Principles for precision mech.
5
191210930
Measurement Systems for Mechatronics
5
191157740
Advanced Dynamics
5
191210920
Optimal Estimation in Dynamic Systems
5
191561560
Systems and Control
6
191157170
Statics
2
191157140
Dynamics 2
3.5
191157110
Introduction to the Finite Element Method
5
196700120
Dynamical Systems
5
191210001
Instrumentation for embedded systems
5
191210430
Engineering System Dynamics
3
191157150
Mechanics of Materials 2
3.5
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4.4.4Traineeship
During the traineeship (external training) you apply your knowledge that you acquired in
your master’s programme, working at a company or institution. The purpose is to work
under circumstances, resembling the situation after your graduation as much as possible.
Included in this working experience is also the process of finding a position and a short
application procedure. The traineeship has a study load of 20 EC and will last at least 14
weeks.
Organization
The following persons and organizations play a role during your external stage:
• The host organization, which is the company or institution where you will carry out
the traineeship. The host organization assigns a staff member who will supervise your
work.
• The Educational Supervisor is a lecturer of your master’s programme. He/she will
monitor the scientific level of your traineeship. The Educational Supervisor should
give approval to the traineeship before you make your final appointments with the
host organization. After the traineeship, he/she will carry out the final assessment
and decide about the mark.
• The traineeship office. The office consists of the traineeship coordinator and the
mediator. They will supervise the student from the beginning of the searching process
finding a position until the end of the traineeship, when the last documents should
be archived.
Options for a traineeship
Many students will find a traineeship position at a company, but also an institution or
university is possible. Traineeship can be done everywhere in the world, in Enschede but
also in New Zealand or somewhere in between. “The sky is the limit”, unless you manage
to find a position with NASA or ESA as an astronaut. The only place on earth definitely
out of scope is the UT itself. In all cases, the host institute should provide an assignment
that must be approved by the educational supervisor. Approval will only be given if the
assignment has sufficient academic level.
How to find a position
One might distinguish three ways to find a host institute:
1. The database of the traineeship office: the office maintains databases containing
companies and experience reports. These reports are written by students and
describe their experiences during the traineeship.
2. A lecturer in a chair (research group): during research, lecturers often cooperate with
companies and institutions that might also be willing to provide a traineeship position.
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3. On your own: it is possible and allowed to find a traineeship position on your own.
Many companies offer traineeship positions on their websites. Finding a position in
this way may not be easy but it may lead to a surprising and rewarding traineeship.
In all cases the traineeship must be approved by a lecturer before you make your final
appointments with the host institute. This is described above.
Information sessions
Twice a year information sessions are held about the traineeship, in September and April.
You can find them in the rosters of the master’s programmes.
First contact
Make an appointment with the traineeship mediator (stages@ewi.utwente.nl) if you start
to think about a traineeship. During this talk, the course of things will be discussed and a
planning will be made for the preparation, the traineeship and the completion after return.
See your mediator at least six months before you plan go. After this talk, the Blackboard
site with training positions will be opened for you.
Web references
Static information: http://www.ewi.utwente.nl/en/education/external_training/
Blackboard site with training position database: http://blackboard.utwente.nl.
Contact
dr. M. (Maarten) Korsten (coordinator) Zilverling 1022 and mrs. B. ( Belinda) Jaarsma
(mediator): Zilverling 1030
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4.4.5 Final Project
The final project or master’s thesis assignment is the final proof of the ability of the student
to handle more complex problems rather independently within the area of electrical
engineering, and to work as a “scientific engineer” on advanced level. The scheme to
arrive to a specific assignment, as explained for the Individual project, also applies for the
master’s thesis assignment
The assignment is supervised by a committee of at least 3 persons and maximally 5
persons; at least one of them is full professor, also at least one must be member of the
permanent scientific staff. It is advised to compose the committee rather broadly, e.g.
with persons from other chairs, working on related areas.
4.4.6 Study Abroad
A student is allowed to study 30 credits externally. To gain
international experience a student is given the chance to study
abroad to another university or institute to follow courses or doing
projects. The choice of courses or projects has to be approved by
the programme mentor in the same way as the other part of the
programme is approved.
Carrying out a traineeship abroad is one way of gaining
international experience. In some cases it is possible to carry out
the final project abroad under joint supervision, where the lead
in supervision will always be taken by the own chair. Our faculty has agreements with
partner universities and institutes to accommodate students smoothly. Information about
going abroad to partner or non-partner universities/institutes, the procedures and the
possibilities of financial support can be given by the coordinator of internationalization:
Drs. J. (Jan) Schut.
Room: Zilverling A-108 Phone: 053 489 4350; E-mail: j.schut@utwente.nl
4.4.7 Teaching degree
The institute Elan offers MSc graduates the possibility to specialize as a teacher. For MSc
S&C is this only possible for the specialization of Teacher in Mathematics and Physics
after additional courses. For more information visit the educational programme’s website:
http://onderwijs.math.utwente.nl/Onderwijs/Lerarenopleiding.
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4.5Organization
4.5.1 Programme director
The programme director is dr. J.W. (Jan Willem) Polderman; room
Citadel H213; phone: 053 489 3438;
E-mail: j.w.polderman@utwente.nl
4.5.2 Programme coordinator
The programme coordinator is prof.dr.ir. J. (Job) van
Amerongen; room Carré 3605; phone: 053 489 2791;
E-mail: j.vanamerongen@utwente.nl
4.5.3 Coordinator international
students
The coordinator for the master’s programmes of EEMCS for
foreign students is drs. J. (Jan) Schut. He can be contacted for any
questions about the programme, room Zi A-108;
phone 053 489 4350, e-mail j.schut@utwente.nl
4.5.4 Study adviser
The study adviser for Systems and Control is T.H. (Thea) de
Kluijver, M.A.. If you have any questions about regulations within
the faculty or university; if you want to talk about study related
issues or private matters that are of influence of your study and/
or being you can contact her: room Zilverling 1003; phone: 053
489 3697;
E-mail: t.h.dekluijver@utwente.nl
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5.1 Biomedical and Enviromental Sensorsystems
(BIOS)
”We want to make a Lab-in-a-Cell using nanotechnology”: during the past decade we
have spent a lot of effort to develop Labs-on-a-Chip. This has resulted in enormous
advan­cements in knowledge of micro- and nanofluidic phenomena and application
thereof in clinical applications. Recent­ly, we are trying to use single living cells to do
experiments on a chip, using a combination of new micro- and nano­technologies.
Part of the work in our group is devoted to trying to understand phenomena in micro- and
nanofluidic devices. We have for instance developed advanced techniques to transport
fluids in micro- and nanochannels using electrical fields, and
are now investigating similar electrop­horetic effects to analyse
DNA molecules in nanochannels using electrical fields. In
another project, we try to fabricate nanowires for extremely
sensitive detection of DNA for early cancer diagnostics. The idea
is to ultimately implement these nanowires in a pill, that will
sense cancer-specific, hypermethyl­ated DNA in the intestines,
as early warning for intestinal cancer.Earlier efforts devoted
at measuring lithium (an important drug used by manicdepressive patients) has resulted in a chip that is now being
commercialized by the start-up company Medimate for Pointof-Care application. All the above examples share in common
that they use micro/nanofluidic devices and electrical manipulation and/or detection
techniques to measure biofluids such as saliva or blood. Recently, we have extended the
ideas about Lab-on-a-Chip towards using a single living cell as experimentation platform,
or, to make a “Lab-in-a-Cell”. Using very short electrical pulses we have been able to bring
DNA material into a single (stem) cell, which resulted in a change of the genetic properties
of that particular cell. Such research is extremely important for so-called reprogramming
of stem cells, so that they can be used for tissue-engineering purposes such as e.g. cure
after heart attacks. The crucial aspect is here that we are able to manipulate and localize
single cells and treat them with elec­trical
methods.
In a related project, in collaboration with
the biotech company Modiquest, we are
investiga­ting the fusion of individual cells for
highly efficient production of drugs. Using
micro- and nanotechnology and electrical
techniques we can obtain a much higher
control of parameters and thus a much
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higher yield of the electrofusion process. For students in our group it is important that
they have a solid background in electrical engi­neering and micro/nanotechnology, but
also have an open mind to multidisciplinary research, and are willing e.g. to investigate
clinical application or train themselves in biology.
prof.dr.ir. Albert van den Berg
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5.2 Biomedical Signals and Systems (BSS)
‘Supporting the human body with signals’
Neural engineering is directed to the sup­p ort of human body functions by exchange of
information in the form of signals. Electrical stimulation of the brain is clinically used
to improve motor function in Parkinson’s pa­tients, the vagal nerve is stimulated to
suppress epilepsy and the spinal cord and cortex of the brain are stimulated to suppress
pain. These examples of neuromodulation techniques have in common that they are
extensively used in the clinic although the mechanisms are still unknown.
We try to understand these mechanisms and improve the neurostimulation methods
based on the knowledge about the physical mechanisms of neural excitation by electrical
stimulation and the dynamics of the central nervous system. This is a challenging multidisciplinary field of research in which engineers, neuroscientists, neurologists and
neurosurgeons closely coope­rate. International neurostimulation companies are highly
involved and have great interest in our research, so has the clinical community.
Key issues in neurostimulation research include increasing our understanding of brain
func­tioning, and the influence and selectivity of electrical stimulation on the closedloop interac­tions of the neural system. These issues are addressed both fundamentally in
cultured neural networks grown on multi-electrode arrays produced in the clean room,
as well as in actual clinical applications. Selectivity of stimulation is crucial for optimal
interaction with the neural system: it can make the difference between improved motor
control and the induction of, for example, depression in Parkinson’s patients. Knowledge
of local neuroanatomy, volume conduction characteristics and neural excitation dynamics
is essential for designing selective neurostimulation interfaces. Neurophysiology and
neuroscience expertise is indispensible in understanding the brain. This is why having a
part-time neurophysiology professor is es­s ential for our group. But also the engineering
systems approach is crucial for understanding the brain and the way it controls body
functions in a closed-loop manner. Finally, we try to understand how the supply of
information to the neural system based on sensory signals measured from the body
influences the physiological functions we want to support. Crucial is to realize that
we connect a dynamic signalling system to a physiological function that is closed-loop
controlled by the brain. We should realize that we do not take over the function, but only
support it by intelligent signalling. Our support system should be designed such that the
total system, including our support by neurostimulation, should perform optimally.
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Finally, we realize that these implanted
neurostimulation sytems will become more
intelligent and are part of the human body.
This requires a completely new way of
medical treatment: first of all, the intelligent
medical system in or on the body of the
patient provides a constant medical support
that adapts to circumstances automatically,
providing both constant monito­
r ing and
treatment. In addition, this intelligent
support system will be under clinical supervi­sion via telecommunication means. Medical
treatment is not anymore provided solely in the hospital. For this reason, we investigate
and develop such new telemonitoring and treatment modalities.
prof. dr. ir. Peter Veltink
http://bss.ewi.utwente.nl/
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5.3 Computer Architecture for Embedded
Systems (CAES)
‘Energy efficient architectures’: our mission is to perform research on energy-efficient
dependable architectures for networked embedded systems, by combining efficient
computer architec­t ures, systems software, networking, and tools.
Energy-efficiency is important for streaming applications found in battery powered
mobile devices (e.g. PDAs and portable multimedia players) but also in high-performance
computers. The research on energy efficient architectures focuses on reconfigurable
processors for strea­ming applications. In cooperation with Recore Systems, a spin-off
company of our group, we developed an energy efficient reconfigurable architecture
called the Montium®. In real life the Montium is a Chameleon, a reptile that adapts to its
environment, also our Montium adapts to its environ­ment. In cooperation with Atmel,
specialist in design and manufacture of advanced semiconductors, a reconfigurable
multi-processor System-on-Chip (MPSoC) called the Annabelle is produced that contains
4 reconfigurable Montium tiles in CMOS technology (2 mm2 per Montium).’
An interesting high-performance streaming application is medical image processing. For
example: a doctor wants in real time X-ray images of the patient during surgery. Also
signal processing for phased array antennas (for radar and radio astronomy) is part of
our research. In MPSoC systems for streaming applications dependability (i.e. availability,
reliability, inte­grity and maintainability) techniques play an important role. One of the
problems in manu­facturing a MPSoC with millions of transistors using deep-submicron
technologies (90 nm and below), is an increase in the probability of defects in silicon,
which results in decreasing manufacturing yield. We develop methods to deal effectively
with the increased defect density for fault detection, localization, and fault tolerant
architectures implemented on-chip. Not only mobile devices can profit from energy
efficient solutions. In cooperation with E.ON, Essent and HOMA software, we work on
the successor of the classic (high-efficiency) boiler in your home: the Micro Combined
Heat and Power System (microCHP). The microCHP produces heat but also electricity,
that can be used during peak load or during
power outage. Due to the reduced peak
load energy is generated more efficiently.
We concentrate on the peak load reduction
within a single household, scheduling a fleet
of microCHPs and islanded operation in case
of power outage.
prof.dr.ir. G.J.M. Smit
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5.4 Control Engineering (CE)
The research of Control Enginee­r ing is carried out in the Institu­tes IMPACT, CTIT and
MIRA. Control Engineering participates in the national research school DISC (Dutch
Institute of Sy­stems and Control). The research of the group tries to develop new
concepts and theories for real relevant robotics applications.
The three main pillars of application within robotics are service/home, medical and
humanoid robotics. A real mechatronic approach is used which combines and integrate
modeling, control, embedded software and new design concepts to achieve real wor­
king applications. We see mechatronics as a synergistic approach to the integrated and
optimal design of a mechanical system and its embedded control system, where solutions
are sought that cross the borders of the different domains. The research of the group
covers the whole design trajectory of a (mechatronic) system, starting with modelling
of the physical system followed by the design of an (intelligent) controlled system and
realization of the controller in an embedded computer system. The concept of ports for
interconnecting (parts of) models and controllers and pieces of software is a common
factor in these research activities. The group has a unique name for the development of
new concepts and applications using ports based methods like bond graphs and portHamiltonian systems for real systems. Various types of robotics applications will become
more important in the coming years. Example of running projects are robots for pipe
inspection of the low pressure gas network, surgical ro­b ots, automatic cleaning robots,
walking machines, intelligent prosthetic devices, robot hands and more.
Where possible we cooperate with industrial
partners. Results of research by PhD and
MSc students also find their way into tools
for mechatronic and robotics design. Due to
the cooperation with our spin-offcompany
Controllab Products these results become
globally available after some time, mostly in
the form of extensions of the mechatronic
design programme 20-sim. The group is also
one of the initiators of the LEO Center for
Service Robotics which tries to better coordinate and enforce robotic related activities in
Twente in order to strive for word excellence in the field.
prof. dr. ir. S.Stramigioli
http://www.ce.utwente.nl/
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5.5 Design and Analysis of Communication
Systems (DACS)
‘Avoid the rain’: one of the first things I’ll do every morning, is to go to the living room
and take a look at the screen of my Apple notebook. This screen not only gives the latest
news, but also shows the radar pictures that predict whether and where rain will fall
within the next few hours. Depending on these pictures, the decision is made whether
I’ll go by bike, or by car to the UT.
Next to me, there are everyday millions of users worldwide that depend on infrastructures
like the Internet and GSM/ UMTS networks for making decisions. Although these
infrastructu­res are continuously getting faster, the key challenge however is to make these
infrastructures more reliable. The Design and Analysis of Communication Systems (DACS)
group therefore focuses on dependable networked systems. Research and education
within DACS covers the whole spectrum of network technologies: from well-established
technologies (like the wired Internet), via technologies that are under development (such
as wireless networks) to emerging technologies (like embedded network systems).
In the case of well-established technologies, research concentrates on operational aspects,
here, in particular, of the wired Internet. Specific topics include bandwidth allocation, ac­
counting, self-management of lambda switches and protection against scans, denial-ofservice attacks and phishing. Taking and interpreting measurements plays an important
role in this research. For technologies under development, research focuses on the design,
evaluation, and prototype implementation of new protocols and algorithms for wireless
and ad-hoc networks. Topics include algorithms for context- and power-aware routing in
ad-hoc networks, and, lately, more and more on car-to-car communications and wireless
sensor networks. The research on embedded networking technologies focuses on system
specification and eva­luation techniques to describe such systems, and the resource
con-straints (performance, de­p endability, energy usage) they have to operate under. This
includes the development of new stochastic model checking techniques and the application
thereof to predict dependability and performance properties. Such models are applied,
for example, to analyse control networks for critical infrastructures, such as the water and
electricity networks. Whenever possible,
within DACS M.Sc. projects are part of bigger
projects, facilitating close collaboration
between M.Sc. and Ph.D. students. In the
past this has resulted into several joint
papers by M.Sc. and Ph.D. students, and
presentations of these papers by M.Sc. stu­
dents at international conferences.
dr. ir. Aiko Pras
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5.6 Integrated Circuit Design (ICD)
‘Omnipresent yet invisible’ Walk around. Observe everything. Pay attention to all those
remarkable little and big things. Amaze yourself with all those utilities, appliances,
gadgets and ma­c hines around, all operating flawlessly, many of them communicating
with others or just communicating inside themselves in some – for most of us – mysteri­
ous way. It seems like a fact of life that almost every sensible thing we use has a battery
or a mains outlet plug, and that its functionality increases with time.
Imagine that all those appliances and thing that come with a battery or main cord fail to
work. Maybe due to some power failure, maybe just because they’re on strike. Just try to
imagine what still works. That’s not so much.
No cars that were build in the past 20 years would run, and even those would run for as
long there’s fuel in the car. No radios, no lights, no TV, no automatic doors, no phone, no
cell phone, no remote control, no fridge nor microwave, no mp3 player, no heating, no
inter­net… hardly anything would be operational anymore. And that’s basically because
most of the things that we use and see are packed with electronic systems. Electronic
systems that add functionality, nicely compensate for non-idealities, control everything,
protect things and send and receive data. Most of these electronic systems are largely
invisible for most people, but are present in and around almost everything we use.
The evolution of electronic systems goes quite rapidly. Every year the processing power of
elec­tronics and its storage capabilities increase significantly, see for example the evolution
in PCs or in cell phone features. At the same time communication capabilities increase,
most notably in WLAN, and again in cell phones. Digital receivers emerge for radio and
video, electronics are used to control cars, control and secure access, are required for
novel energy saving ligh­ting… there’s no end to it. Every year more electronic functionality
occurs in more and more items; this increased functionality is due to being able to pack
more and more components on one IC – currently up to about 500 million completely
functional components – and is due to smarter electronic circuit and system design. This
evolution in electronic systems is the playing field of one of the largest industries on this
planet: the electronics industry.
At the IC-Design group the research focuses on the evolution in integrated electronics,
and as such we have many contacts and research contracts with major (European,
American and Asian) players in the electronics industry. The ICD research aims at creating
technological breakthroughs in electronic circuit and system design that lead to higher
performance, more functionality and lower power consumption, or just lead to new
possibilities and new applica­tions. In this creative process, we strive to find fundamental
solutions that are widely applica­ble. Our approach requires a solid theoretical back
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ground, good analytical skills, and last but not least creativity: all spear points in the
education and research programme at ICD. Within the wide field of integrated electronics,
the playing field of ICD is mainly in the main­s tream integrated electronics technology:
standard CMOS. Our research field ranges from small analog and digital circuits through
complex mixed-signal systems like analog-digital converters and RF-frontend circuits to
high level electronic system design. In all these the sig­nal frequencies may range from
DC to several GHz, spanning almost all relevant circuits and systems in mainstream ICtechnologies. Examples of these include wireless radio circuits and systems, AD/DA
converters, frequency synthesizers, noise reduction, accurate
references, high speed fiber-optic interfaces, microwave
integration and complete RF transceiver systems.
Integrated electronic research and design, fundamental
solution for practical problems, aimed at CMOS integration in
which the sizes are – nowadays – a fraction of the wavelength
of visible light: true nanotechnology. Truly omnipresent
and truly invisible to the human eye but very visible in the
(electronics) world to be. ICD’s world. Your world.
prof. dr. ir. B. Nauta
text: dr. ir. Anne-Johan Annema
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5.7 Integrated Optical MicroSystems (IOMS)
‘The challenge of manipulating light on a micro and nano scale’: photonics is going
in the same direction as electronics has gone for decades: miniaturization, with the
additional advantage of an enormous bandwidth - at the speed of light! Imagine a tiny
optical micro-chip that includes everything from the light source via a number of optical
manipulation and control elements towards the optical detection: a highly sophisticated
optical coherence tomograph, Raman spectrometer or DNA sequencer held in a hand
and at the cost of a few light bulbs!
‘Well, it is still a long way towards this goal. When looking at what is available on the
market today, one receives the feeling that the world is still connecting single components
by optical cables, just like electronics did in the 1960s. We have taken up the challenge!
Work in our group deals with the design, realization and characterization of highly
integrated optical devices, including fundamental physical phenomena, materials aspects
and system applications. We are concentrating on three closely interacting research lines,
(i) active photonic devices, including miniaturized integrated light sources and amplifiers,
(ii) photonics integration technology, including integrated spectrometers, routers, filters,
and light detection, and (iii) optical sensors, including opto-mechanical and opto-fluidic
interactions as well as light interaction with nano-cavities such as photonic crystals.’
‘Being active in the highly multidisciplinary field of integrated optics, the IOMS group is po­
sitioned at the crossing between fundamental academic and applied industrial research,
thus providing a highly interdisciplinary environment and making our group equally
interesting for students from Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering. Knowledge
about the relevant disciplines, scientific networks and contacts with relevant companies
is distributed among the scientific staff. Intense internal communication and teamwork is
needed to carry out projects and supervise master and Ph.D. students.
The roles of all the staff members are crucial, as each of them carries her or his own
scientific background, professional networks and contacts with companies. In addition, all
translate their innovative ideas and skills into successful national and European projects
which then lead to novel research results.’
‘We are developing a new active material, Al2O3:Er3+, which provides optical gain over
a bandwidth covering the entire telecom C-band. In this material we demonstrated
high-speed amplification at 170 Gbit/s – beyond the specifications of future telecom
components – and a laser with wavelength selectivity over the entire telecom C-band. We
are now heading towards single-longitudinal-wavelength, on-chip tunable and ultrashortpulse integrated lasers.’
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‘On another project, we are sequencing DNA molecules from a diagnostically relevant
region of a human breast cancer gene on a tiny opto-fluidic chip with unprecedented
resolution and sensitivity by separating the molecules and exciting their fluorescent
labels via integrated optical waveguides. Placing exclusive fluorescent labels on copies
from independent regions of a gene, in combination with multi-color excitation through
these optical waveguides, enables simultaneous investigation of several gene regions and
detection of multiple DNA mutations in a single sample. Ultimately, this leads the way
towards complete DNA analysis on a chip. This research is carried out in close collaboration
with three companies in the Twente region.’
‘Simple ideas are often the best ideas! Emission of light which is excited in biomedical
tissue needs to be captured, spectrally analyzed and finally detected on a chip. However,
capturing light that is emitted into a large solid angle with a small-area waveguide is highly
inefficient. Instead, exploiting the large-angle propagation region of the subsequent
optical element on the chip, an arrayed waveguide spectrometer, for simultaneously
capturing the emitted light by hundreds of parallel waveguides leads to an increase in light
detection by two orders of magnitude, thus enabling even the detection of weak Raman
signals. This idea has recently been filed as a patent.’
‘During our group meetings the running projects as well as the
entire programme of the group are evaluated and discussed.
Important new directions and novel ideas are carefully
weighted and introduced in agreement with the scientists
involved, thus leading our group into the emerging century
of light.’
prof. dr. Markus Pollnau
text: dr. Hugo J.W.M. Hoekstra and prof. dr. Markus Pollnau
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5.8 NanoElectronics (NE)
‘Nano-revolution in electronics’: the Chair NanoElectronics (NE), part of the MESA+
Institute for Nanotechnology, performs research and provides education in the field of
nanoelectronics. Nanoelectronics comprises the study of the electronic and magnetic
properties of systems with critical dimensions in the nanoregime, i.e. sub ~100 nm.
Hybrid inorganic-organic electronics, spin electronics and quantum electronics form
important subfields of nanoelectronics. The research goes above and beyond the
boundaries of traditional disciplines, synergetically combining aspects of Electrical
Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Materials Science, and Nanotechnology.
Our research entails the development of novel (concepts for) electronic devices and
systems with nanoscale dimensions for application in future generations of electronics
and information storage. The present research extends over hybrid inorganic-organic
electronics, spin-based electronics, and quantum electronics. One of the future challenges
will be to smartly combine top-down and bottom-up technology for electrically addressing
single nanosystems, bridging the micro-nano gap in a reliable fashion.
The group has dedicated infrastructure for performing low-noise electron transport
measurements and magnetic characterization at low
temperatures (down to 250 mK) and high magnetic fields (up
to 10 tesla).
The NanoElectronics group provides a diverse and stimulating
environment with a successful international group of
post-doctoral and PhD scientists and MSc students with
backgrounds in physics, electrical engineering, chemistry,
nanotechnology and materials science.
prof.dr.ir. Wilfred van der Wiel
W.G.vanderWiel@utwente.nl
http://ne.ewi.utwente.nl/
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5.9 The Signals and Systems Group (SAS)
The Signals and Systems Group (SAS) performs research on
sensory data analysis in biometrics and medical imaging. This
concerns complex high dimensional signals and systems and
the development of methods for processing and analysing
these signals and modeling of these systems. Medical
imaging and biometrics have strong image processing and
pattern recognition components in common.
Biometrics is the use of body or behavioural characteristics
in order to identify a person or to verify his or her claimed
identity. At present, biometrics is receiving world-wide
attention as a potential means to secure access to content
and locations and to authenticate (Internet) transactions.
At SAS different biometrics are investigated: finger prints, faces, hand grip for different
applications: access control (access to data or a place), security (border control),
surveillance (camera surveillance), convenience (at home). Current projects include:
robust finger print recognition, template privacy protection, robust face recognition for
surveillance and 3D face recognition, hand grip recognition to identify the rightful owner
of a gun and face recognition for PDA’s.
The medical imaging research at SAS addresses several topics in image reconstruction,
visualization and detection/segmentation. Current projects include: automated radiologic
assessment of joint damage, photo-acoustic image reconstruction, stent detection and
modelling, vessel detection and tracking, 2D and 3D active contour snakes and interactive
3D visualisation. Photo-acoustic image reconstruction is a hybrid imaging approach
applying simultaneous reconstruction of optical absorption and acoustic attenuation and
speed of sound in tissues. A stent is a flexible metallic frame wrapped with a kind of foil
to protect a weakened blood vessel from rupturing. It is very important to monitor the
proper operation and position of the stent as function of time. Snakes can be seen in 2D
as a “rubber band” described by some markers on which image forces act, or in 3D as a
“rubber balloon”. They are used for robust segmentation of 2D and 3D images (in medical
images for finding the boundaries of different tissues).
The research of SAS also finds application in the audio domain and in wireless
communication. In audio, the applications are: active noise control, sound source
localisation and signal processing for audio and speech signals. In active noise control the
aim is to develop advanced devices to reduce noise by generating a kind of “anti-noise”. In
sound source localisation, a grid of acoustic sensors, so-called “microflowns” are used for
accurate localisation of certain sounds like annoying vibrations.
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The wireless communication at SAS concerns the part of the wireless world in which
signal-processing algorithms and hardware/software design meet: the design and
implementation of digital radio-front-end functionality. Current projects include cognitive
radio (methods for intelligent dynamic sharing of the bandwidth of the radio spectrum)
and MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output) systems, where multiple antennas are used
for better coverage of wireless connections and data rates.
prof. dr. ir. C.H. Slump
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5.10 Semiconductor Components (SC)
“Surprising microchips”: microchips have enabled the Digital Revolution and continue
to improve year after year. These chips are produced with a tremendous amount of
engineering skill. Researchers at the group of Semiconductor Components investigate
new applications for that same microtechnology, by teaching CMOS microchips new
tricks. Ever seen a CMOS chip with a light emitter inside, a chemical sensor, or a radiation
imager? That’s where we’re going.
The microchip of today is excellent in two tasks: computing, and information storage. Its
communication is quite slow, and for any other function, we need additional electronic
com­p onents. Why doesn’t a microchip do more work for us? For instance, in your cellular
phone, the chip should be your microphone, speaker, touch-screen display, and radio
transmitter all in one. That would make a lower-power solution, cheaper to produce, and
with less waste - everybody wins! The trouble is, most microchip engineers have become
addicted to Moore’s Law, and concentrate their efforts into the miniaturization of the
transistor. This improves the two earlier mentioned functions: computing and information
storage. But it does not give us anything radically new.
The Semiconductor Components group benefits from integrated circuit technology
to create new functions in CMOS chips. We study silicon LED’s, high-quality tunable
components and filters, gas sensors, radiation sensors and the like. Also, we’re pushing the
underlying technology ahead, for instance by introducing new materials or reducing the
temperature of the manufacturing process.
Does it take an electrical engineer, a chemist
or a physicist to do this work? The answer
is: all three! We’re a multidisciplinary group,
where quantum theory and hands-on
technology meet.
prof. dr. Jurriaan Schmitz
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5.11 Telecommunication Engineering (TE)
”We send your wanted signal in the proper direction!”Did you ever try to talk to your
friend in a noisy pub? And what if your friend is several meters away? You have to shout,
like others do. A waste of energy, and actually it does not help because the total noise
level increases and becomes more and more a problem. Your friend could make a shell
around the ears using the hands, or you can create a horn around your mouth. In that
way, the directivity is improved. We do that all the time, not for audible signals, but for
electromagnetic signals. Electromagnetic waves are everywere. The main trick is to get
them at the right place, without any interference. This is a key aspect of our research in
the Telecommunication Engineering group.
By converting electrical signals in the optical domain, change the phase of the optical sig­nal
and convert it back to the electrical signal, we create wideband beamforming networks.
These networks are applied in phased array antennas, such as in the communication
system in a plane. Because a plane is moving fast, and the energy of an electromagnetic
signal from a communication satellite is extremely small, we have to direct the antenna
in the plane very accurately towards the satellites. Like the horn created by your hands in
the pub. Much faster, better, and we do it for several satellites at the same time with the
same antenna!
We are also investigating techniques to deliver your signal only to the person you would
like to talk to, at short distance. And without disturbing the others. The first aspect is a
key research topic in the short range radio group. The next generation of wireless LAN
and body-networks are being developed
in our group. The disturbance is what we
call electromagnetic interference. The
interference people are developing novel
techniques to reduce the (received) noise,
or to reduce the impact of the noise on the
signal.
prof.dr. Frank Leferink
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5.12 Transducer Science and Technology (TST-SMI)
Micro ElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) are penetrating
in all systems in which miniaturization plays a role.
These range from scientific instrumentation to consumer
products, such as accelerometers (airbag, Wii), information
processing systems (beamers) and medical applications
(lab-on-a-chip). MEMS forms the bridge between the human
interface and nanotechnology – no nano-systems without
this enabling technology! At TST we span the range from the
development of (nano-)fabrication techniques (within the
MESA+ institute) all the way up to the design of complex
systems (IMPACT institute).
Microfabrication
The starting point of micromachining is the thin film
deposition and lithography techniques developed for
integrated circuit technology. To make mechanical structures,
etching techniques are used to remove parts of the substrate
or sacrificial layers, so that freestanding 3D structures can
be made, often with moving parts. By bonding surfaces
together, embedded structures can be realized, allowing for
complex designs.
Microsensors
Using the microfabrication techniques developed at TST,
many different types of microsensors are made, sensing
for instance flow in air or liquids, forces, pressures,
accelerations and radiation. The microdimensions allow for
very sensitive, small and cheap devices. Moreover, many can
be used in parallel to improve noise characteristics, or allow
for distributed sensing.
Bio inspired sensors and actuators
Also nature uses multiple sensors in parallel. They can be
either identical (but deriving different information due to the
embedding), such as the cochlear sensor in your ear, or have
a variation in properties, such as the flow sensors on (parts
of) the body of insects. We can learn a lot from nature, and
we try to mimic the sensors we find there in micromachined
versions. The arrays allow us to use advanced detection
techniques, like stochastic resonance (you need some noise to hear).
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Nanotechnology
The lithography techniques we use, allow us to design
structures with micrometer dimensions. By using clever
tricks however, we can realize individual features in
the nanometer range. We do this by using the edges of
structures, which can be atomically sharp. In this way we
can contact the human world to the nanoregime, where
many interesting effects can be exploited. A good example
are probes; cantilever structures with all kinds of tips
which are used to sense or modify surfaces. When used in
parallel arrays, they become very powerful tools
Probe based data storage
Probes can be used to modify surfaces. One obvious
application which comes to mind is data storage, with mind
boggling data densities down to the molecular or atomic
level. Sufficiently high data rates can only be achieved if
we use thousands of probes in parallel. In such a probe
recording systems, many research lines in MEMS are
combined; probe arrays, sensors and actuators. In order
to learn to store data into discrete media, we study magnetic patterned media, including
write synchronization and coding techniques.
prof. dr. ir. Elwenspoek
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Section B
Appendices
1
The Faculty of EEMCS
The Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS)
comprises three disciplines, each of which again has connections with other disciplines.
Besides teaching, research is carried out in the faculties by our research groups/chairs.
This research is entirely clustered in the university research institutes Institute for
Nanotechnology (MESA+) and the Centre for Telematics and Information Technology
(CTIT), IMPACT and MIRA.
1.1 Organisation chart EEMCS
Dean
Prof.dr.ir. A.J. Mouthaan
Faculty council
Services & units
Department
Education
Director of Operations
Ing. H. van Egmond
Applied Analysis and Mathematical Physics (AAMP)
Biomedical and Environmental Sensorsystems (BIOS)
Biomedical Signals and Systems (BSS)
Computer Architecture for Embedded Systems (CAES)
Control Engineering (CE)
Design and Analysis of Communication Systems (DACS)
Databases (DB)
Distributed and Embedded Security (DIES)
Discrete Mathematics and Mathematical Programming (DMMP)
Formal Methods and Tools (FMT)
Human Media Interaction (HMI)
Integrated Circuit Design (ICD)
Integrated Optical MicroSystems (IOMS)
Information Systems (IS)
Mathematical Systems and Control Theory (MSCT)
Numerical Analysis and Computational Mechanics (NACM)
Nano Electronics (NE)
Pervasive Systems (PS)
Signals and Systems (SAS)
Semiconductor Components (SC)
Software Engineering (SE)
Stochastic Operations Research (SOR)
Statistics and Probability (SP)
Stochastic Systems and Signals (SST)
Telecommunication Engineering (TE)
Transducers Science and Technology (TST)
Bachelor
• Electrical Engineering
• Technische Informatica
• Technische Wiskunde
• Creative Technology
• Safety and Health Care
• Education Support Office
• Office of the Dean of EEMCS
• Communications
• Finances
• Information Management
• Human Resources
• TCO
• MESA+ Cleanroom lab
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Board of Professors
& Programme directors
Master
• Applied Mathematics
• Computer Science
• Electrical Engineering
• Embedded Systems
• Human Media Interaction
• Mechatronics
• Systems and Control
• Telematics
Programme Committee
Examination Board
APPENDICES
Dean
Dean of the faculty of EEMCS is prof.dr.ir. Ton Mouthaan. With him
rests ultimate responsibility for all of the faculty’s educational
programmes.
Faculty Council EEMCS
The Faculty Council EEMCS is a representative advisory body of
the faculty. The Council consists of eight students and eight staff
members. The students are elected annually, the staff members
serve on the Faculty Council for a period of two years. Nominations
for the Council take place in April, the elections are held in June.
Depending on the subject at hand, the Faculty Council has advisory
powers or the right of consent about the proposed decisions of
the faculty dean. If he wants to take decisions about the outlines of personnel policy,
regulations in the field of terms of employment and the occupational health and safety
policy, the dean requires the consent of the Faculty Council beforehand. The dean also
requires the Faculty Council’s consent beforehand if he wants to take decisions on setting
or modifying the faculty Education and Examination Regulation (OER), rules in the field of
safety, health and well-being or policy on students’ facilities.
For more information concerning the Faculty Council, please refer to:
http://www.ewi.utwente.nl/organisatie/bestuur/faculteitsraad/
The Board of Professors
The Board of Professors consists of all professors and programme directors of the faculty.
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1.2 Educational programmes
The faculty offers the following educational programmes:
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Bachelor’s programmes:
Electrical Engineering (EE)
Computer Science (CSC)
Applied Mathematics (AM)
Creative Technology (CreaTe)
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Master’s programmes:
Applied Mathematics (AM)
Computer Science (CSC)
Electrical Engineering (EE)
Embedded Systems (EMSYS) (3-TU)
Human Media Interaction (HMI)
Mechatronics (MT)
Systems and Control (SC) (3-TU)
Telematics (TEL)
At the head of every educational programme is a programme director. He marks the
outlines of the educational programme and is responsible for the content of the educational
programme and its courses.
For EE (BSc and MSc) this is dr.ir. W. Olthuis (Wouter)
For AM (BSc and MSc) and SC this is dr. J.W. Polderman (Jan Willem)
For CSC (BSc and MSc) and TEL this is dr.ir. R. Langerak (Rom)
For CreaTe en HMI this is dr. G.F. van der Hoeven (Gerrit)
For EMSYS this is prof.dr.ir. G.J.M. Smit (Gerard)
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1.3 Services and units
The faculty has a number of EEMCS-wide service groups which are under the direction of
the director of operations, ing. H. van Egmond.
SAFETY AND HEALTH CARE EEMCS
Position
Name
Phone number
Coordinator
ing. S. Visser (Sjoerd)
ir. F. Houweling (Frans)
053 489 3153
053 489 3583
OFFICE OF THE DEAN OF THE FACULTY OF EEMCS (BFD-EEMCS)
Position
Name
General e-mail address
BFD_ewi@ewi.utwente.nl
Dean
prof. dr. ir. A.J. Mouthaan
(Ton)
Director of Operations
ing. H. van Egmond (Harm)
Phone number
Faculty secretariat
director of operations and
MT
E.C. Bosch-van der Heijden
(Els)
053 489 4602
Dean
L. Tunc-Katalanc (Lena)
053 489 4427
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EDUCATION SUPPORT OFFICE EEMCS (BOB-EEMCS)
Position
Name
Phone number
Manager of Education
H.J. van Laar (Jolanda)
053 489 4466
Internationalization
drs. J. Schut (Jan)
053 489 4350
Traineeship coordinator
dr. M.J. Korsten (Maarten)
053 489 3887
Traineeship mediator
B. Jaarsma-Knol (Belinda)
053 489 3887
Quality assurance
drs. J.H. Romkema (Hans)
053 489 2774
Computer Science and
Applied Mathematics
S.B.A.M. Vonk MSc
(Sharon)
053 489 5645
Creative Technology
and Electrical Engineering
T.H. de Kluijver M.A.
(Thea)
053 489 3697
Student advisers,
Internationalization
R. Assink (Remke)
053 489 3426
Quality assurance
A. de Bruin-van Willigen
(Annemieke)
053 489 3725
Programme directors
K. Veldhuis (Karin)
053 489 5450
Position
Name
Phone number
Manager of
Communications
H. Barry-Mulder (Hinke)
053 489 2807
Bachelor Electrical
Engineering
H. Barneveld-Hobbelink
(Henriëtte)
053 489 2408
Bachelor Applied
Mathematics
D. Dalenoord (Diana)
053 489 3450
Bachelor Computer
Science
L. Jonker (Linda)
053 489 2745
Bachelor CreaTe + Masters
S. Bosch (Sarah)
053 489 3586
Webeditor
M. van Grinsven (Marloes)
053 489 1067
Traineeship
Student advisers
Secretariat
COMMUNICATIONS
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PREMISES MANAGEMENT
Position
Name
Phone number
Premises Manager
ir. M.J.B. ten Bulte (Michel)
054 489 2800
Service desk
Servicedesk.
Zilverling@fb.utwente.nl
054 489 4100
LIBRARY & ARCHIVE
Library & Archive is a service centre of the University Library of the University of Twente
Position
Name
Phone number
Computer Science,
Applied Mathematics
Mw.drs. P. de Willigen
(Petri)
+31 53 489 2085
Electrical Engineering
ir. W.C. Oosterling (Wim)
+31 53 489 2079
Information Specialist
FACILITY SERVICE CENTRE
The Facility Service Centre is a shared service centre that offers its services within and for
the various faculties, including EEMCS.
Position
Name
Phone number
Service desk
Servicedesk.
Zilverling@fb.utwente.nl
054 489 4100
Hogekamp, Zilverling,
Carré
N.C.M. Heijnekamp
(Nancy)
053 489 5768
Citadel
M. Drewes (Martine)
053 489 6838
Contact
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ICT SERVICE CENTRE (ICTS)
ICTS is a shared service centre within the University of Twente. The following contacts
apply for the faculty of EEMCS.
Position
Name
Phone number
Accountmanager
EEMCS
ing. A.B. Tibben (Tonnie)
053 489 3724
ICTS Servicedesk
icts.servicedesk@utwente.nl
053 489 5577
STUDENT & EDUCATION SERVICE CENTRE
The Student & Education Service Centre performs tasks on a central level as well as within
the various faculties. The Student & Education Administration (S&OA) EEMCS deals with
all sorts of educational affairs and is part of this service centre. The Student & Education
Administration is also known as the Bureau Onderwijszaken (BOZ, Educational Affairs
Office).
Position
Name
Phone number
Team leader S&EA EEMCS
M.H. Huiskes - Borghuis
(Miranda)
053 489 4605
OSIRIS/Blackboard
key user
D. Muller (Diane)
053 489 2681
Education support
Education support is provided by the university Student & Education Service Centre (S&O)
and the Education Support Office (BOB) of the faculty. The education administration is
part of the Bureau Onderwijszaken (BOZ/S&O). See also section 4.1.
EEMCS-wide coordination in the fields of Internationalization, Quality assurance,
Traineeship and Study advice takes place from the BOB.
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1.4Facilities
PC-rooms
For practical courses the faculty of EEMCS has a number of PC-rooms available.
The W-zaal (West-room) and the flexoffice of SmartXP, situated in Zilverling/Hal A,
are mainly scheduled for Electrical Engineering and Creative Technology practicals.
Furthermore, in the Zilverling building rooms are situated on floor 2 (room 2042), floor 3
(3042) and floor 4 (4054) containing 12, 24 and 36 PCs respectively. During lecture hours a
room assistant is present in room 3042. At night this room is open until 20.30h. After 18.00h,
you can obtain entrance at the night porter at the main entrance of the Zilverling building.
Please note that near the course rooms in the Zilverling builing staff rooms are situated.
So please keep quiet in the building, do not use your phone in the corridors but, for
example, go to the stairwell or the Educafe instead, and limit talking in the corridors.
Eating is prohibited in the PC-rooms; drinking is allowed, using lockable bottles.
Year room
For first-year bachelor students of Applied Mathematics a year room is available in the
Citadel building (T100); most of their training will take place there. In the Citadel building
(T300), there is also a year room available for the Creative Technology programme.
Outside lecture hours this room can be used for self-study or as a project space by CreaTe
students.
Smart XP Lab
In this new multifunctional area in the Zilverling building, it is possible for both parties
of the faculty of EEMCS and exterior parties to conduct research in an interactive
manner. The lab is a true research playground and offers ample opportunity for testing
and experimenting. It is the intention that scientists from different disciplines become
acquainted with each other’s fields, which may be to the benefit of their own research.
This lab is, as it were, a meeting point where every possible research set-up is imaginable.
Educafé
Next to the (main) entrance of the Zilverling building, you will find the Educafe: a space
where you can study, work in groups and relax with your fellow students. There are
computer workspaces and you can grab a drink or snack from the vending machines. In
short: this is an ideal environment to work together on projects. On the first floor, the
EEMCS student associations are situated: Scintilla (Electrical Engineering), Abacus (Applied
Mathematics) and Inter-Actief (Computer Science). At present, the study association
for the Bachelor’s programme Industrial Design, Daedalus, still accommodates the new
bachelor’s programme CreaTe.
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The Educafe also hosts two shops: IAPC and Stores. IAPC is a non-profit shop where
you can turn to when you have questions about or want information on computers.
Besides, you can buy laptops and all sorts of computer parts there for reasonable
prices. ‘Stores’ sells components (such as resistors and capacitors) and office supplies.
Furthermore, IAPC as well as Stores sells study books. Both shops are run entirely by
volunteers and they are open during weekday lunch breaks for most of the year.
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2
The organization of education
2.1 Students’ Charter
As every institute for higher education in the Netherlands, the University of Twente also
holds a Students’ Charter. The Students’ Charter is legally based in art. 7.59 of the Dutch
Higher Education and Research Act (WHW). The Dutch text of the Students’ Charter
is law-making. This means that in case of problems or conflicts you can appeal to the
content of the Dutch text of the Students’ Charter (or Studentenstatuut). The Students’
Charter contains a programme-specific section (the OSS) and an institute-specific section.
The institute-specific section of the Charter is at all times available in its most up-to-date
form on the website http://www.utwente.nl/studentenbalie/regelingen_statuut/charter/.
If you would like to have a printed version of the Charter, it is available on request from the
Red Desk: the information desk of the Student Counselling Service. For the programmespecific section of the Charter (OSS), which contains the Education and Examination
Regulation (OER), please refer to the regulations and forms section on the website of your
programme. http://www.ewi.utwente.nl/en/education/
2.2 Student Enrolment/Re-enrolment
Each academic year you are required to re-enrol at the University of Twente using
Studielink. This re-enrolment is grafted on to the regulations in the Dutch Higher Education
and Research Act (WHW) and it must be completed before 1 September. As soon as your
request for re-enrolment by Studielink is received by the Central Student Administration
(CSA), it will be verified whether you satisfy the conditions for enrolment. If you qualify for
enrolment, your enrolment will be completed as soon as all enrolment documents have
been submitted and the payment of your tuition fees is processed.
If you wish to be sure of your enrolment as from 1 September, you must complete all
enrolment formalities in time – preferably before 1 August.
When your enrolment is complete, as proof of enrolment you will receive your student
card and two declarations of enrolment. The declaration contains, among other things,
the programme(s) and the period for which you are enrolled.
On the university level there are various student service centres, which are united in the
Student & Education Service Centre (S&O). The student desk accommodates the service
centres. The main services are mentioned below.
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2.2.1 Student Services
Student Services offers various support services: you can go there to have your digital
picture taken for your student card, to register, enrol or de-enrol. Student Services is
situated in the Vrijhof building. See also:
http://www.utwente.nl/studentenbalie/en/.
Student Counselling Service
The desk of the Student Counselling Service (the “Rode Balie”) is responsible for individual
care and support of UT students at a coordinating
level (besides the care educational programmes
take for their “own” students). This includes for
example a student psychologist, various courses
(“self management”, graduating, job application)
and the student counsellor.
Student psychologist
You can get help from the student psychologist
when you need to talk to someone, for instance
when you experience personal problems such as
problems in your relation with your parents, friends or fellow students. You do not need
a referral: you can make an appointment yourself. The student psychology service aims at
having the first session within a week after the student contacted them.
Student counsellor
The student counsellor offers help when you have questions about, for instance, student
grants, UT financial support, switching disciplines, problems involved with switching
from a school for Higher Vocational Education to University, personal problems, appeal
procedures, studying abroad, studying with a disability, and entrance examination
(colloquium doctum). In order to make an appointment you need to telephone the
secretariat. You have to take the initiative yourself to make an appointment with the
student counsellor.
The “Rode Balie” is situated in the Bastille building. For more information, go to:
http://www.utwente.nl/studentenbalie/en/.
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2.3 Communication and Information
When you want to take up a study at the University of Twente, from the very start you
will be faced with various means of communication the university, the faculty and your
programme use to communicate with you. As soon as your preliminary enrolment at the
University of Twente is received, you will be provided with an e-mail account, user name
and password. You will also be provided with some writing space of your own, where you
can save your documents and where you might put your own home page. The Internet is
by far the most important means of communication of the programme and the university.
E-mail
Whenever the programme or a particular lecturer wants to communicate quickly with a
particular student or a small group of students, this will be done by e-mail.
The Student & Education Service Centre (S&O) also uses e-mail to communicate with large
groups of students. This occurs, for instance, when a lecture is suddenly cancelled or
when an examination has to be rescheduled. In those situations, S&O is unable to contact
the students in time through the usual channel of communication of the educational
programmes, which is the Education announcement. S&O also uses e-mail to announce,
for example, information sessions about study-related matters.
UT students in general have e-mail addresses like: <student name>@student.utwente.nl.
In this address <student name> is replaced with a person’s initials and surname. Exceptions
do occur, especially when a number of UT students have identical initials and surnames.
You can find e-mail addresses of UT students and staff on the UT website.
Go to http://my.utwente.nl/.
MyUniversity
MyUniversity, the UT student portal, gives access to all UT data systems (OSIRIS,
Blackboard). You can log on at http://my.utwente.nl/.
Besides, the portal gives access to the timetables for teaching and to some other services.
Education announcements
Changes in the timetables for teaching and examination are announced by means of an
‘Education announcement’ (Onderwijsmededeling). Every Education Announcement is
spread through the Internet. The same applies for announcements concerning graduation
colloquia and presentations of bachelor’s and master’s assignments. You can read them
via the MyUniversity portal.nl. The Education announcement is the programme’s main
means of communication to communicate with all of its students. It is important to check
if there are any changes in the timetable every day, in order to be informed as much as
possible and to prevent sitting in the wrong lecture-room at the wrong time.
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Timetable for teaching activities
The portal MyUniversity gives access to the timetables for teaching activities.
OSIRIS (Student information system)
OSIRIS is the new self-service student information system which has recently been put
into use by the UT. Via MyUniversity you can log in on OSIRIS using an ‘s’ plus your student
number and the corresponding password. You can find a user manual on
http://www.utwente.nl/so/osiris/english/Manual%20Osiris%20Student.pdf
If you have any questions, you can turn to Student Services (Vrijhof building).
http://www.utwente.nl/studentenbalie/en/student_services/
Blackboard
Blackboard is the digital learning environment of the UT. It offers all the information
you need to follow a course, such as the timetable, the contents of the lectures and
additional information on the course material and the examination or assignment.
Within a Blackboard site you can also communicate with fellow students and lecturers or
work together on assignments.
Blackboard is a lecturer’s main means of communication to communicate with his students
about a course. On this site you may also find important announcements and news items
on the course.
You will need to sign up for each course you will take via Blackboard. To get access to the
courses, you will need an account. After your registration at the CSA, the ICTS will usually
provide you with a user name and password, the so-called ICT account, which you will
receive by letter within 10 workdays.
If you were not provided with an ICT account or if you lost your password, please report
this at the ICTS servicedesk, located at Horstring W122 (icts.servicedesk@utwente.nl,
phone number +31 53 489 5577) and keep your student card at hand.
If you have any questions on Blackboard or OSIRIS, within the faculty you can turn to S&O,
Diane Muller, the Zilverling building, room A104, phone +31 53 489 2681.
For a Blackboard manual, go to http://blackboard.utwente.nl/. The Support tab holds a
quick reference and a manual.
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2.4 Student card
The student card issued by the University of Twente is valid proof of identity within the UT
and it is also a proof of enrolment. You are required to show the student card at request
when making use of university facilities such as attending lectures, taking examinations,
or visiting libraries. You will receive your student card and two declarations of enrolment
through the post as soon as you are registered. So please see to it that the Student
Administration (CSA) has your correct address.
Toepassingen collegekaart:
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Student card
The card is a valid proof of enrolment for the academic year 2010-2011
Library pass
The student card barcode enables the card to serve as a library pass.
Xtra-card
If you want to make use of the sports and cultural facilities in Enschede via
http://www.xtra-card.nl/en, the card serves as Xtra card as well.
See http://www.xtra-card.nl/en.
Declaration of enrolment
With a declaration of enrolment you can prove your enrolment (for instance to get a
student grant or at your insurance company). The declaration contains, among other
things, the programme(s) and the period for which you are enrolled.
Theft/loss
In case of theft or loss of the card, you can apply for a new student card on payment of
EUR 5.- at the Student Services desk in the Vrijhof building.
No student card yet?
If your enrolment has not yet been fully completed, no student card will be produced. In
addition to your enrolment the CSA requires a digital photograph. On workdays between
09.00 and 17.00h you can have your picture taken at the Student Services desk in the
Vrijhof building (room 239B), across the library.
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2.5 Year’s schedules
The year is divided into two semesters, each of which is divided into two quarters.
Most courses will take one quarter and will be completed in the same quarter, mostly
through a written examination. In every quarter 15 ECTS-credits are scheduled.
The quarters run as follows:
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Quarter 1 from week 35 (30 August 2010) until week 44 (7 November 2010)
Quarter 2 from week 45 (8 November 2010) until week 04 (30 January 2011)
Quarter 3 from week 05 (31 January 2011) until week 15 (17 April 2011)
Quarter 4 from week 16 (18 April 2011) until week 26 (03 July 2011)
For the exact schedule of courses see the timetables on the website
http://myutwente.nl/ut/.
For a brief summary in English:
http://www.utwente.nl/so/roosterwerkgroep/jaarcirkels/jaarcirkels.doc/summary _in_
english.html
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2.6Lectures
The lecture hours have been altered as of the last academic year 2009-2010. This resulted
in identical lecture hours on a 3TU level at all three institutes. This facilitates the exchange
of education between the 3TU institutes by means of real time video conferencing.
The new lecture hours fit in very well with a very simple and straightforward model: all
lecture hours start at a quarter to the hour and end at the half hour.
There are fifteen-minute breaks between lecture hours, lunch and dinner breaks last 75
minutes. Starting times of written examinations fit in with this schedule. The longer breaks
between the morning and afternoon lectures and the afternoon and evening lectures
respectively, are included in a consecutive numeration.
1st period:
08:45 - 09:30 uur
2nd period:
09:45 - 10:30 uur
3rd period:
10:45 - 11:30 uur
4th period:
11:45 - 12:30 uur
5th period = lunch break:
12:45 - 13:30 uur
6th period:
13:45 - 14:30 uur
7th period:
14:45 - 15:30 uur
8th period:
15:45 - 16:30 uur
9th period:
16:45 - 17:30 uur
2.7 Taking courses
You will need to sign up for each course via Blackboard. To get access to the courses you
require an account. The ICTS will provide you with a user name and password.
2.8 Knowing your way on campus
All of the faculty of EEMCS teaching takes place in rooms situated in buildings which are
spread all over campus. In the time tables the lecture rooms are indicated using a code
in which the first two letters indicate the building where the room is situated. The list
below contains the most frequently occurring abbreviations of buildings. The computer
practicals generally take place in one of the Zilverling rooms.
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Spiegel(SP)
Vleugel(VL)
Carillon(CN)
Garage(GA)
Paviljoen(PA)
Seinhuis(SH)
Hogedruklab(HD)
Citadel(CI)
Ravelijn(RA)
Zilverling(ZI)
Waaier(WA)
Teehuis(TH)
Carré(CR)
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Kleinhorst(KH)
Noordhorst(NH)
Oosthorst(OH)
Meander(ME)
Zuidhorst(ZH)
Centraalafvalstoffendepot(AF)
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Biomagnetischcentrum(BI)
Chalet(CT)
ErveHolzik(ER)
Cubicus(CU)
FacultyClub(FC)
Schuur(SR)
Drienerburght(DR)
Hogekamp(HO)
Cleanrooms(CC)
Vrijhof(VR)
Bastille(BA)
Sportcentrum(SC)
Winkelcentrum(WC)
Amfitheater(AH)
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Zwembad(ZW)
Sleutel(SL)
Mondriaan(MO)
Vlinder(VL)
Santar(SA)
BoerderijBosch(BB)
Blokhutten(BL)
Tennispark(TP)
Logica(LO)
BTC
Capitool(CA)
KPMG-gebouw(KP)
Institutenweg(IN)
Corridor(CO)
autoweg
fiets-/voetpad
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2.9 Study material
Textbooks, lecture notes, readers or syllabuses are required for virtually every course.
For those you can turn to the student association and the UnionShop. The lecture notes,
readers and syllabuses will be sold from the beginning of every semester at the UnionShop.
You can check the website to see if they are in stock:
http://www.studentunion.utwente.nl/en/
2.10 PC-privé scheme for UT students and PC, laptop and
printer purchase
As a student you are entitled to take part in a special subsidized PC purchase scheme
(referred to as the PC-privé scheme) offered by the UT. You can take part in this scheme
cheaply with an interest-free loan. Every regular full-time student enrolled at the UT can
take part in the PC-privé scheme as follows.
Principal requirement:
Once in the bachelor’s phase and once in the master’s phase, provided the student in
question is 60 ECTS-credits or more away from the degree in the respective phase.
Exceptions:
1. When attending a one-year master’s course, the student may sign up for the scheme no
later than one month after the beginning of the programme;
2. Students enrolled in a bachelor’s programme who take courses in the bachelor’s phase
as well as in the master’s phase and who still have to attain at least 60 ECTS-credits for
both phases taken together are also entitled to take part in the scheme. Taking part in the
scheme is then regarded as taking part during the master’s phase.
Note: this also includes students entering a programme via an alternative route who are
attending a so-called ‘bridging programme’.
As a UT student you can purchase a high-quality PC and communication equipment in the
IT shop at a highly competitive price. The University of Twente will lend you a maximum of
EUR 1,362.- interest-free, which is to be repaid in a number of monthly instalments.
Whether the student is required to repay the loan in 12 or up to 24 months depends on the
remaining duration of the course. If the remaining study duration is 12 months, the loan
has to be repaid in 12 months. A graduated calculation related to the remaining duration
of the course may mean that the repayment term is longer. Via the Notebook Service
Centre general UT software (such as Maple, Virusscanner, SPSS) can be downloaded.
Special software may be available via your faculty. For more information on the PC-privé
scheme, refer to:
http://www.utwente.nl/studentenbalie/regelingen_statuut/charter/appendix_57_pc_
privet_scheme_fo.html
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2.11Examinations
At the start of the academic year, for every student a timetable of teaching activities and
examinations is available. This timetable shows, among other things, the weeks in which
examination are held (see also section 2.5). The timetables for teaching are also available
on the websites of the programmes. Any changes, such as, for instance, the examination
dates, will be announced via the Blackboard sites of the courses concerned and through
Education announcements. So no new timetables will be distributed among the students
if any changes might occur.
For the sake of students’ and teachers’ clarity the starting time of written examinations is
identical to the first morning or afternoon lecture respectively. So:
- morning examinations start at 08.45h
- afternoon examinations start at 13.45h
Timetables of examinations are available via: http://my.utwente.nl/.
General rules
1. The student himself is responsible for registering or deregistering for the examinations.
2. Twice a year students are given the opportunity to take written and oral examinations
belonging to a particular educational unit. Practical training can be completed at least
once a year. The rules that apply for practical training will be communicated at the
start of the educational unit.
3. The student who has not gained a mark 6 or higher after two markings by an educational
unit and who still wishes to gain such a mark, is to appeal to the examination board for
permission to take another examination in the educational unit concerned. This appeal
must be accompanied by a working plan drawn up by the student in consultation
with the examiner of the educational unit concerned and the study advisor. The
examination board will decide on the appeal.
4. On the authority of the examination board at least one month before the start of the
semester the timetable of examination of that semester will be announced, in which
dates and times of the examinations are fixed.
5. The examination board may give permission to deviate from the number of times an
examination will be held and the way in which examinations can be taken.
6. Rescheduling an examination to a time different from the one indicated in the
timetable is only permitted after the examination board’s consent.
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UT regulations
3.1 Studiefinanciering (Dutch student grant)
The contribution of the Dutch government towards the cost of education is called
studiefinanciering. It consists of either a conditional grant plus an additional loan (the
so-called blended studiefinanciering), or just a loan. The grant of IBG (Informatie Beheer
Groep, the government institution responsible for the Dutch student grants) allows
students to receive part or all of their training outside the Netherlands. The entitlement
to studiefinanciering depends on your first year of enrolment. In any case, you have to be
enrolled as a student and you should not be over 30.
3.2 Transitional arrangements
If courses are radically changed or if they are cancelled, at the beginning of the academic
year you will be informed in writing about the consequences which this entails.
3.3Garantiebeurs
The ‘Regulation Guarantee Grants First-year Students’ is meant for students who start an
educational programme at the UT from VWO (Dutch pre-university secondary education)
and who make a serious effort for the educational programme. If such a student decides to
discontinue his educational programme before 1 February of the first year of study at the
UT, the UT offers the opportunity to start a new educational programme with only limited
loss of studiefinanciering possibilities (with as many equal opportunities as possible).
The background of this regulation is that a lot of VWO students who would make good
university students tend to choose for Higher Vocational Education nonetheless because
they are under the impression that they will run less financial risk doing so.
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3.4 Regulation graduation support
Students at the UT with certain special circumstances can make use of the Regulation
graduation support. Students can appeal to this regulation when they have run into a delay
due to recognized special circumstances during a period of blended studiefinanciering.
The blended studiefinanciering concerns the period for which the studiefinanciering
can partially be converted to a gift; in other words: the period in which the student is
entitled to the basisbeurs (basic grant). To apply for graduation support you can contact
the student counsellor in the Bastille building.
http://www.utwente.nl/studentenbalie/en/scs.doc/
3.5 Top-level sport
Combining university-level studies and top-level sport can be problematic for many
students. It generally proves impossible to postpone either academic studies or a career
in sport until later; both activities require the practitioner to achieve results within a
relatively short period of time. The UT is aware of the problems involved and has developed
a policy covering the practice of top-level sport.
See also:
http://www.utwente.nl/studentenbalie/regelingen_statuut/charter/appendix_53b_
support_scheme_for.html and http://www.utwente.nl/studentenbalie/en/scs.doc/
3.6 Regulation encouragement student activism
Within the framework of encouragement of student activism there is a special regulation
for active students. This involves the individual readjustment of educational obligations
for active students, in order for them to have more flexibility in their studies and so that
they will run into less delay because of their activism. If you want to know if you qualify
for this regulation or if you want more information, go to:
http://www.utwente.nl/studentenbalie/regelingen_statuut/charter/.
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3.7 Studying with a disability
Being disabled, following an educational programme is not always easy. However, the
UT makes a serious effort to enable the disabled to study. Physically or sensory disabled
students or dyslexic students are given the opportunity to take examinations in a way that
is tailored to the requirements of their personal disabilities as much as possible.
Students who fall under this regulation have been brought to the attention of S&O/BOZ
and the EEMCS lecturers concerned through a letter of the study advisor.
See also: www.utwente.nl/studentenbalie/rode_balie/handicap
and http://www.onderwijsenhandicap.nl/
In general, being disabled, it may be wise to talk to the student counsellors and the
study advisor of the faculty before the start of your studies. This may prevent any
disappointments.
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UT facilities
4.1 Educational Affairs Office EEMCS
The Educational Affairs Office (BOZ, Bureau
Onderwijszaken) of the faculty of EEMCS is part of the
Student & Education Service Centre (S&O) and assists
the faculty in registering study results, supervising the
(individual) students’ study programmes, organizing
everything surrounding final assessment, making
timetables, organizing examinations and organizing
administrative systems.
BOZ is situated on the ground floor of the Zilverling
building, room A104-A116. You can turn to them with
most of your practical questions. They are reachable by
telephone number +31 53 489 3794 or by e-mail
boz@ewi.utwente.nl. In addition to this, you can turn to
Student Services on the first floor in the Vrijhof building with any questions concerning
education.
4.2. Union Shop
The UnionShop is situated on the ground floor in the Bastille building. The UnionShop
sells lecture notes, readers and syllabuses. It also runs a copy service. In the self-service
section not only copies can be made, but also reports can be bound, flyers cut, etc.
4.3. Notebook Service Centre
Nowadays, a notebook is virtually indispensable to any student at the University of
Twente. You require your notebook to communicate with others, to collect information,
to make calculations and drawings, to perform simulations and even to take examinations.
Are you planning to buy a notebook in July or August? Every year in the summer, the ICTS
Notebook Service Centre of the UT selects notebooks which most assuredly will meet the
requirements of your educational programme! For more information, go to:
http://www.utwente.nl/icts/en/nsc/
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Service Desk
All students and university staff members can turn to the ICTS Service desk if they have
problems or questions in the field of ICT. The ICTS Service desk is open from 08.30 until
17.00h and is reachable by telephone number +31 53 489 5577.
The service desk is situated in Horstring W122 (next to the Notebook Service Centre).
With ‘general’ questions on ICTS you can turn to icts.servicedesk@utwente.nl. For more
information, go to: http://www.utwente.nl/icts/en/servicedesk/.
4.4 Library/information specialist EEMCS
The central library of the University of Twente, situated in the Vrijhof building, contains
books and journals on a number of disciplines. In addition, it contains study facilities such
as study places in the reading rooms, quiet study places, working areas and PC work areas.
The University Library catalogue, which includes the faculty libraries and the central
library, is available online (www.utwente.nl/ub). Here you can also consult the catalogues
of all Dutch University Libraries.
You need a student card if you want to lend publications or if you want to make use of
the study facilities, for the student card serves as a library pass. Further information on
lending or ordering publications is available at the desk of the library. The University of
Twente is working on the accessibility of scientific journals. More and more journals can
be consulted through the Internet.
The opening hours of the central library are from 08.30 until 22.00h on workdays, and
from11.30 until 16.30h on Saturdays (for study purposes only, during examination periods).
The information desk is open from Monday to Friday from 08.30 until 17.00h. You will find
more information on www.utwente.nl/ub.
The University of Twente has a team of information specialists who offer support in the
purchase of books, provide information on how to use the (digital) library and how to find
scientific information on research and education for both staff and students.
For EEMCS, the information specialists are:
- Mrs drs. P. (Petri) de Willigen, Citadel building H203, phone +31 53 489 2085
- ir. W. (Wim) Oosterling, Carré building 3644, phone + 31 53 489 4633.
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4.5 Student restaurant
In the Waaier building, the student restaurant of the UT is situated. The restaurant is
based on the so-called free-flow system, which means that at various free-standing points
of distribution a broad assortment is offered. Here you can get a hot day’s menu, the
Dagmenu. You can also choose to have the more luxurious menu, or select from a broad
assortment of sandwiches, rolls, snacks, desserts and hot and cold drinks.
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Student activism
Organizing various activities requires qualities and skills which you may benefit from for
the rest of your life. So being active in an association (being on a committee or a board)
will always beneficial to your CV. In the professional field, surely students will be watched
for who did more than just study.
Being active also helps you getting introduced to people you might never meet otherwise.
Moreover, board members often have a specific position, such as chairman, secretary or
treasurer. Positions like this will teach you how to draw up an agenda, to chair meetings,
to take minutes or, for instance, to draw up an estimate.
5.1 Student associations
Every educational programme has its student association. They all organize all sorts
of study-related activities, such as lectures, excursions and conferences. But also
recreational activities are laid on, such as get-toghethers and parties. In addition, the
student association for instance takes care of the book sale.
The student association for Electrical Engineering is Scintilla, for Creative Technology it is
(for the time being) Daedalus, Abacus is the student association for Applied Mathematics
and Inter-Actief for Computer Science.
5.2 Student participation and other committees
Within the faculty of EEMCS you may become a member of various committees, such as:
The Faculty Council (see also page 1 of this appendix)
Programme Committee
Support Committee for Programme quality
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Although every effort has been made to ensure that all the information
presented is correct, information in this study guide is subject to
changes. No rights may be derived from the information in this guide.
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faculty of electrical engineering,
mathematics & computer science
P.O. Box 217
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